Therapists’ experiences in their work with sex offenders and people with pedophilia: A literature review
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Hardeberg Bach, Maria
Demuth, Carolin
Abstract / Description
This article presents a review of the literature that pertains to the experiences of therapists who work directly with child sex offenders and/or people with pedophilia. We draw together results from studies that attempted to identify how therapists experience such work and how they were personally impacted by it. Usually, such studies are embedded within one of the following theoretical frameworks: Secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout. Most literature on the topic has therefore sought to determine to what extent and why, work-related stress responses may occur among these therapists. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide insight into this, arguably, important line of research, while evaluating the current knowledge as well as providing recommendations for future research efforts.
Keyword(s)
sex-offenders pedophilia treatment providers therapists experience personal impact work-related stress secondary traumatic stress vicarious traumatization compassion fatigue burnoutPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-06-19
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
14
Issue
2
Page numbers
498–514
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Hardeberg Bach, M., & Demuth, C. (2018). Therapists’ experiences in their work with sex offenders and people with pedophilia: A literature review. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(2), 498–514. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1493
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hardeberg Bach, Maria
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Demuth, Carolin
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Date of first publication2018-06-19
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Abstract / DescriptionThis article presents a review of the literature that pertains to the experiences of therapists who work directly with child sex offenders and/or people with pedophilia. We draw together results from studies that attempted to identify how therapists experience such work and how they were personally impacted by it. Usually, such studies are embedded within one of the following theoretical frameworks: Secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout. Most literature on the topic has therefore sought to determine to what extent and why, work-related stress responses may occur among these therapists. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide insight into this, arguably, important line of research, while evaluating the current knowledge as well as providing recommendations for future research efforts.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationHardeberg Bach, M., & Demuth, C. (2018). Therapists’ experiences in their work with sex offenders and people with pedophilia: A literature review. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(2), 498–514. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1493
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1107
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1299
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1493
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Keyword(s)sex-offendersen_US
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Keyword(s)pedophiliaen_US
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Keyword(s)treatment providersen_US
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Keyword(s)therapistsen_US
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Keyword(s)experienceen_US
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Keyword(s)personal impacten_US
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Keyword(s)work-related stressen_US
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Keyword(s)secondary traumatic stressen_US
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Keyword(s)vicarious traumatizationen_US
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Keyword(s)compassion fatigueen_US
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Keyword(s)burnouten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleTherapists’ experiences in their work with sex offenders and people with pedophilia: A literature reviewen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers498–514
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Volume14
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