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  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Qualitative Methodology

Background:

  • Despair in prisons is linked to suicide and self-harm, stemming from prisoners' histories and the environment.
  • Therapeutic interventions in prisons aim to provide coping mechanisms and containment for prisoners experiencing despair.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore psychotherapists' experiences of working with despair in UK prisons.
  • To understand the phenomenon of despair within the forensic psychological context.
  • To contribute to therapeutic writings on despair in correctional settings.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative phenomenological approach.
  • Semi-structured interviews with ten psychotherapists.
  • Data analysis using Empirical Phenomenological Analysis (EPA) and reverie analysis.

Main Results:

  • Despair emerged as a destabilizing force in the prison setting without established protocols.
  • Psychotherapists reported their own vulnerability and despair when working with prisoners.
  • The secondary analysis highlighted the role of intersubjectivity in the emergence of despair.

Conclusions:

  • Intersubjectivity is vital for prison-based qualitative research.
  • Findings inform therapeutic approaches to despair in correctional facilities.
  • The study has implications for qualitative research methodologies in prison settings.