Psychologists' Lived Experience of Client Violence

Life Experiences Clinical Trial

Official title:

Counselling and Clinical Psychologists Lived Experience of Client Violence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01414543
• Other study ID #: UEL1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 10, 2011
• Last updated: May 10, 2016
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: October 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2009
• Source: University of East London
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: National Health Service
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of the proposed research is to gain a detailed understanding and account of psychologists' experience of client violence in clinical practice. The emphasis is upon a detailed understanding of how psychologists perceive and understand their experience of client violence and its impact upon their identity as clinicians and as individuals.

Description:

This research is interested in Counselling and Clinical Psychologists who have experienced client violence at their work place. The main research question being asked is how do psychologists' understand their personal experiences of client violence. This is an important and interesting subject for Counselling and Clinical Psychologists as it provides a detailed personal account of the implications of violence upon their personal and professional identity, psychological well being and how they define violence. Furthermore, this research may help facilitate in designing a specific policy and help future research to issue guidelines for counselling and clinical psychologists in order to keep themselves safe within their professional practice. Psychologists working for the National Health Service will be recruited and provided with information regarding the research aims and objectives. There will be interviews held at their place of work for approximately one hour.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: October 2012
• Est. primary completion date: October 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 24 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Psychologist's who have experienced client violence

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Life Experiences

Intervention

Other:
• Information Sheet
Providing the Participant with information regarding the aim of the experiment
• Consent
Providing a consent form for participants. The participant is aware of his or her rights
• interview
participants will interviewed by fardin jussab for approximately one hour regarding their experience of client violence
• Debrief
at the end of each interview the researcher will ask participants whether the emotions aroused in the interview require further discussions. Interviewees will be also advised that should they wish to talk further about any topics covered the in the interview, they could telephone the researcher at a later time. There will also be leaflets of supporting agencies.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	National Health Service	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of East London

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	experience of violence	participant's discuss their experince of client violence in the work place	one hour	Yes