Laver, Katharine;
(2025)
Lawyers’ experiences of discussing trauma with asylum seeking clients.
Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis comprises three parts and explores the relationship between lawyers working in asylum law and their clients, with a particular focus on the discussing traumatic narratives. Part one is a systematic review aiming to synthesise qualitative research into the relationship between lawyers working in immigration and asylum law and their clients, from lawyers’ perspectives. The synthesis reviews seventeen qualitative research studies across a range of disciplines. The synthesis generates themes relating to emotional detachment; the experience and impact of eliciting and manipulating traumatic narratives; the impact of values and the policy environment, and a sense of being stuck in the middle between clients and the decision maker. Part two is a mixed methods acceptability and feasibility study which aims to develop, pilot and evaluate a training session on navigating conversations about trauma for lawyers working in immigration and asylum law. Part three is a critical appraisal, which is a reflective discussion of the researcher’s experience in developing and conducting the research, including the challenges and dilemmas faced and steps taken to move through these.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | D.Clin.Psy |
| Title: | Lawyers’ experiences of discussing trauma with asylum seeking clients |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/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. |
| 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/10200327 |
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