ZAMOR OD SAOSEĆANJA I ZADOVOLJSTVO OD SAOSEĆANJA: UTICAJ NA GEŠTALT PSIHOTERAPEUTE
COMPASSION FATIGUE AND COMPASSION SATISFACTION: THE IMPACT ON GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

Summary/Abstract: Care-giving professionals share the weight of emotional distress in the healing process with many clients. There is an increased risk that the indirect exposure to traumatic events recalled by clients, leave an impact on psychotherapists such as that of compassion fatigue (CF) and burnout. However, there are also mitigating factors that enhance compassion satisfaction (CS). This Quantitative research hypothesises that psychotherapists who practice Gestalt therapy as a modality and have integrated it as a way of life, will have scores that positively correlate with higher levels of CS, and lower levels of CF and burnout. This research study investigates the reported levels of CS and CF in a national sample of warranted Gestalt Psychotherapists working in Malta. It examines which variables related to the modality of Gestalt Psychotherapy derived from the Fogarty scale, support CS and mitigate CF. The formerly mentioned hypothesis underpinning this study was accordingly confirmed.

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