ABSTRACT ‘Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.’ E.B. White (1999., p. 303). How we understand humour in psychotherapy is a challenge to explore, due to the ways in which we obtain knowledge, and risk a dissection that could cause the death of the phenomena itself. The following work attempts to explore the phenomena through detailing from experience. The study explores therapists lived experience of humour when working with young clients. The researcher collected data from seven therapists, from which the essential essence of the experience was drawn out using a discovery orientated approach. The therapists experienced humour as emotional, temporal and multi-faceted, with an ability to convey multiple meaning simultaneously. Humour was seen to facilitate relational desires which may not feel acceptable or appropriate to vocalise within the therapeutic relationship. Through humour, friendship, anger, maternal care, sexual desire and role modelling, all found expression which gave therapists material to reflect upon. Thus, the present study suggests that humour can function as a haven for feelings that neither the therapist nor young person feel able to address.

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“在青年服务中工作时，治疗师如何与他们的客户体验幽默？”

摘要 “幽默可以像青蛙一样被解剖，但它在这个过程中死亡，内脏对任何人来说都是令人沮丧的，除了纯粹的科学头脑。” EB 怀特 (1999., p. 303)。我们如何理解心理治疗中的幽默是一个需要探索的挑战，因为我们获取知识的方式，并冒着可能导致现象本身死亡的解剖风险。下面的工作试图通过从经验中详述来探索这些现象。该研究探讨了治疗师在与年轻客户合作时的幽默体验。研究人员从七位治疗师那里收集了数据，使用以发现为导向的方法从中提取出体验的本质。治疗师将幽默体验为情感、时间和多方面的，能够同时传达多种含义。幽默被视为促进了在治疗关系中可能不可接受或不适合发声的关系欲望。通过幽默、友谊、愤怒、母性关怀、性欲和榜样，所有这些都找到了表达方式，为治疗师提供了反思的材料。因此，本研究表明，幽默可以作为治疗师和年轻人都无法解决的感觉的避风港。