'I think it does just opens it up and ... you're not hiding it anymore': Trainee clinical psychologists' experiences of self-disclosing mental health difficulties

Turner, Kellie, Moses, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-928X and Neal, Adrian 2022. 'I think it does just opens it up and ... you're not hiding it anymore': Trainee clinical psychologists' experiences of self-disclosing mental health difficulties. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 29 (2) , pp. 733-743. 10.1002/cpp.2667

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Abstract

Self-disclosure of experiences of mental health difficulties is a complex process, particularly within the workplace. Research shows that a significant number of trainee clinical psychologists have lived experience of mental health difficulties and thus face the dilemma of whether to disclose and how to manage self-disclosure during doctoral training. Grounded theory methodology was used to explore trainee experiences of self-disclosure of mental health difficulties during training. Twelve trainee clinical psychologists from accredited doctoral programmes in the United Kingdom participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of disclosure. Six core categories emerged relating to ‘motivations’, ‘enablers’, ‘barriers’, ‘features of disclosure’, ‘responses’ and ‘impact’, each of which were comprised of several further sub-categories. The model that emerged is largely consistent with research on disclosure in healthcare professions and has implications for training programmes, supervisors and trainees when engaging in conversations about lived experience.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
ISSN:	1063-3995
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	20 August 2021
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 21:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/144786

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