Psychoterapists\u27 responses to losing a client due to suicide

Stopnja samomorilne ogroženosti oseb z duševno motnjo se ocenjuje kot dvanajstkrat višja v primerjavi s stopnjo ogroženosti splošne populacije. Za psihoterapevte in druge strokovnjake za duševno zdravje (psihologe, psihiatre), ki se s samomorilno bolj ogroženo populacijo srečujejo vsakodnevno, je zelo verjetno, da se bodo tekom svoje poklicne kariere vsaj enkrat srečali s samomorom klienta, ki ga obravnavajo. Izguba klienta zaradi samomora velja za enega najbolj travmatskih dogodkov, ki se v profesionalnem življenju strokovnjaka lahko zgodi, z odzivi in posledicami tako na osebni kot profesionalni ravni. V magistrski nalogi smo preiskovali, kako psihoterapevti in drugi strokovnjaki za duševno zdravje doživljajo samomor klienta. Raziskava temelji na kvalitativni metodi raziskovanja. Po načelih utemeljene teorije smo analizirali enajst poglobljenih intervjujev, ki smo jih izvedli s sedmimi psihiatri in štirimi kliničnimi psihologi. V povprečju so intervjuji trajali 46 minut. Po analizi podatkov smo 784 navedkov, 78 kod in 4 pametne kode organizirali v 9 osrednjih konceptov: pričakovanja, pripravljanje, delo terapevtov, doživljanje samomora, postopki po samomoru, stik s svojci, soočanje, podpora, posledice. Vse koncepte smo združili v Model sobne rože, ki naše ugotovitve predstavlja na celosten in abstraktnejši način.The suicide risk rate of people with mental disorders is estimated to be twelve times higher compared to the risk rate of the general population. Psychotherapists and other mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists) who encounter a more suicidal population on a daily basis are very likely to encounter the suicide of the client, who is being treated, at least once during their professional careers. The loss of a client due to suicide is considered one of the most traumatic events that can happen in the career of a professional, with responses and consequences on both a personal and professional level. In the master\u27s thesis we investigated how psychotherapists and other mental health professionals experience a client’s suicide. The research is based on the qualitative research method. Based on the principles of grounded theory, we analyzed eleven in-depth interviews conducted with eight psychiatrists and four clinical psychologists. On average, the interviews lasted 46 minutes. After analyzing the data, we organized 784 quotations, 78 codes and 4 smart codes into 9 main concepts: expectations, preparations, work of therapists, experiencing suicide, procedures after a suicide, contact with relatives, coping, support, consequences. We combined all the concepts into an Indoor flower model, which represents our findings in a holistic and abstract way