The prohibition of sexual relations in a therapeutic community: as seen by therapists and clients

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F47122099%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000001" target="_blank" >RIV/47122099:_____/23:N0000001 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216275:25210/23:39920865

Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2023/03/12.pdf" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2023/03/12.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2023.025" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2023.025</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The prohibition of sexual relations in a therapeutic community: as seen by therapists and clients

Original language description

This ethnographic study is a critical reflection on what is traditionally one of the cardinal rules within most of the therapeutic communities that are engaged in treating people who are addicted to narcotic drugs. That rule forbids the initiation of sexual relationships and partnership relationships between clients in the community. This study of clients and therapists in one specific community examines how clients perceive the rule that forbids the initiation of intimate relations during treatment, and whether those perceptions change during the course of treatment. It also addresses how therapists view the rule, and the impact it has on their work. The community’s clients perceived the prohibition as encompassing more than just physical intimacy and close contact, extending to the formation of profound emotional connections. Each client participating in the study approached the obligation to abide by the restriction on sexual relations in their own unique manner, and devised personal strategies for managing it. The therapists regarded the regulation against sexual involvement as crucial for maintaining the appropriate course of therapy. They emphasized that romantic involvement within the community setting disrupts the group dynamics and has a detrimental effect on the therapeutic process. Similarities and disparities in attitudes toward the rule were identifiable among the clients and therapists. Both groups of respondents were convinced of the rule’s significance, as it encourages clients to prioritize themselves and their own treatment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50102 - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities);

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt / Journal of nursing and social sciences related to health and illness

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1804-7122

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

246–252

UT code for WoS article

001097494800012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85175995370