Existentiella samtal i grupp Två studiers perspektiv

Abstract

This article describes thoughts and reflections based on two ongoing studies. Both concern existential group conversations, but with different target groups: clients and healthcare professionals respectively. The two studies differ in aims and theoretical frameworks.

In the client study the concepts doing, being, belonging, and becoming, all commonly used in occupational science, were applied; whereas the study of the healthcare professionals applied the theoretical framework of practice architectures together with the concept resonance to understand what happens in ongoing practices.

Five common areas from the results have been identified, and these are illuminated from the respective studies’ aims and theoretical frameworks. These areas are: Existential framing and leadership, Freedom framed by time and space, The significance of the group, Reflective judgement and Becoming and transformative learning.

Finally, the authors share their experiences when two studies’ research processes become intertwined in the work with this article.