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Exploring Religious Meaning-Making in Individual Psychotherapy

Anand, Navya; (2021) Exploring Religious Meaning-Making in Individual Psychotherapy. Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), UCL (University College London). Green open access

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Abstract

As humans, we must make sense of our experiences in order to find meaning and purpose in life, especially during times of difficulty. Religion can play a significant role in this process of meaning-making, and has been implicated in how people understand and cope with suffering. Part One of this thesis provides a theoretical overview of extant literature pertaining to meaning-making, religion, and mental health. Historically, research on these topics has correlated religiosity with psychotherapeutic outcomes, and explored therapists’ perspectives on the incorporation of religion in therapy. However, little work has been conducted with religious service users to understand how they make sense of their mental health difficulties, and the ways in which this was explored in their individual therapy. Part Two of this thesis presents an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study exploring five religious mental healthcare service users’ experiences of their faith, mental health difficulties, and psychotherapy. This thesis was produced alongside an Expert by Experience who provided input in all stages of research development, governance, data analysis, and write-up. The complexities and implications of coproduction for trainee research are explored in Part Three of the thesis. Part Three also discusses quality in qualitative research, and applies existing guidance to the empirical work presented in Part Two in an attempt to critically evaluate the quality of this study.

Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Qualification: D.Clin.Psy
Title: Exploring Religious Meaning-Making in Individual Psychotherapy
Event: UCL (University College London)
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author 2021. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request.
Keywords: religion, mental health, psychotherapy, meaning-making, IPA, interpretative phenomenological analysis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136572
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