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Title: | Counselling Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Use of Narrative Therapy | Contributor(s): | Wark, Stuart (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1017/jrc.2012.6 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12215 | Abstract: | This article uses a descriptive case study design to examine the potential of narrative therapy as a direct intervention for adults with moderate-to-severe intellectual disabilities, autism and/or severe communication limitations. Archival clinical data on four individuals who received a form of social constructionist narrative therapy are examined for goal attainment. The data were analysed qualitatively with specific input from individuals, their families and carers. Findings indicate improvements in quality of life through reductions in situational and environmental anxieties, and in coping with grief and loss. The results suggest that narrative therapy techniques can be beneficial in assisting individuals with severe intellectual disability to achieve meaningful and persistent improvements in their life. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 18(1), p. 37-49 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1838-6059 1323-8922 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110319 Psychiatry (incl Psychotherapy) 111710 Health Counselling 111703 Care for Disabled |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 320221 Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy) 420307 Health counselling 420318 People with disability |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920401 Behaviour and Health 920403 Disability and Functional Capacity 920410 Mental Health |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200401 Behaviour and health 200403 Disability and functional capacity 200409 Mental health |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Rural Medicine |
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