The Experiences of staff taking on the role of lay therapist in a group-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Anger Management Intervention for people with intellectual disabilities

Stimpson, A., Kroese, B., MacMahon, P., Rose, N., Townson, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8679-3619, Felce, David John, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Jahoda, A., Rose, J. and Willner, P. 2013. The Experiences of staff taking on the role of lay therapist in a group-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Anger Management Intervention for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 26 (1) , pp. 63-70. 10.1111/jar.12006

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Aim: To explore the experience of 'lay therapists' of a group-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) anger management intervention. Background: Staff employed in daytime opportunity services for adults with intellectual disabilities took on the role of 'lay therapist' to facilitate CBT groups. Methods: They were trained and supervised by clinical psychologists and interviewed 2-6 weeks after the last group session. Their experiences were explored by means of a qualitative approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Results: Several key themes emerged from the interview data such as 'hopes and fears', 'having a framework', 'making it work', 'observing progress', 'ingredients of success', 'the therapist role' and 'taking the group forward'. Conclusions: These themes indicate that participants' experiences had been perceived as positive for themselves, the service users as well as the relevant organization although initially the therapist role had appeared daunting.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine Research Institutes & Centres > MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aim: To explore the experience of 'lay therapists' of a group-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) anger management intervention. Background: Staff employed in daytime opportunity services for adults with intellectual disabilities took on the role of 'lay therapist' to facilitate CBT groups. Methods: They were trained and supervised by clinical psychologists and interviewed 2-6 weeks after the last group session. Their experiences were explored by means of a qualitative approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Results: Several key themes emerged from the interview data such as 'hopes and fears', 'having a framework', 'making it work', 'observing progress', 'ingredients of success', 'the therapist role' and 'taking the group forward'. Conclusions: These themes indicate that participants' experiences had been perceived as positive for themselves, the service users as well as the relevant organization although initially the therapist role had appeared daunting.
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1360-2322
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/80862

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