The notion of professional identity among practitioners working with asylum seekers. A discursive analysis of practitioners’ experience of clinical supervision and working context in work with asylum seekers [La notion d'identité professionnelle au sein de praticiens travaillant avec des demandeurs d'asile. Une analyse discursive de l'expérience de la supervision clinique et du contexte professionnel dans le cadre du travail avec des demandeurs d'asile] [Professionelle Identitäten von Ärzten, die mit Asylsuchenden arbeiten. Eine diskursive Analyse der Erfahrungen von Ärzten hinsichtlich klinischer Supervision sowie des Arbeitskontextes bei der Arbeit mit Asylsuchenden] [La nozione di identità professionale tra professionisti che lavorano con i richiedenti asilo. Un'analisi discorsiva dell'esperienza di supervisione clinica e del contesto lavorativo nell’attività con i richiedenti asilo] [La noción de identidad profesional entre profesionales que trabajan con buscadores de asilo: un análisis discursivo de sus experiencias en supervisión clínica y en el contexto de su trabajo]

European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling
Volume 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-18

The notion of professional identity among practitioners working with asylum seekers. A discursive analysis of practitioners’ experience of clinical supervision and working context in work with asylum seekers [La notion d'identité professionnelle au sein de praticiens travaillant avec des demandeurs d'asile. Une analyse discursive de l'expérience de la supervision clinique et du contexte professionnel dans le cadre du travail avec des demandeurs d'asile] [Professionelle Identitäten von Ärzten, die mit Asylsuchenden arbeiten. Eine diskursive Analyse der Erfahrungen von Ärzten hinsichtlich klinischer Supervision sowie des Arbeitskontextes bei der Arbeit mit Asylsuchenden] [La nozione di identità professionale tra professionisti che lavorano con i richiedenti asilo. Un'analisi discorsiva dell'esperienza di supervisione clinica e del contesto lavorativo nell’attività con i richiedenti asilo] [La noción de identidad profesional entre profesionales que trabajan con buscadores de asilo: un análisis discursivo de sus experiencias en supervisión clínica y en el contexto de su trabajo] (Article)

Apostolidou Z.*

^a Independent Researcher, 19 Ayias Sofias Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Abstract

Abstract: The present study analyses interviews that were conducted with eight professionals who have provided therapeutic work to asylum seekers. It explores practitioners’ perspective on the impact of clinical supervision on their work as well as the impact of their working organisational context on the way they experience their professional identity. The findings of the study suggest that the experience of working with this population produces a notion of professional identity that offers a more politicised engagement with clinical work. This politicised notion of professional identity is reflected in the practitioners’ perspective on the use of clinical supervision as well as in the manner in which they position themselves within their organisational context. © 2016 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Asylum seekers Supervision Clinical work organisational context professional identity

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961238063&doi=10.1080%2f13642537.2015.1130073&partnerID=40&md5=bdcd78a7dbfb4e4c770af821b5d49b9c

DOI: 10.1080/13642537.2015.1130073

ISSN: 13642537

Cited by: 2

Original Language: English