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I'm interested in the transformational nature of the pilgrimage experience, as I've walked a number of pilgrimages myself in the past. So now I'm researching this for my dissertation on the MSc in Psychological Trauma at the University of Chester. Amazingly, this aspect of pilgrimage hardly appears at all in the academic literature, and it's time it did! I think this is why many of us do it to start with. I'm looking to make contact with anyone who feels their experience of walking the Camino (any route) has helped them work through some personal crisis, or highly stressful or traumatic event or situation in their lives, and who feels they've grown as a person through their struggles with whatever it was they were dealing with. This kind of personal growth is known as posttraumatic growth, but in this context, "trauma" has a much wider applicability than solely PTSD or Complex PTSD. If anyone would like more information about my research project, or would possibly be interested in being interviewed about their experience of walking the Camino, please get in touch. I have a research page on Facebook - see @KarenWilliamsResearch, and there's also an Information Sheet I can send to potential participants.
Many thanks
Karen
This research project has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Chester.
I'm interested in the transformational nature of the pilgrimage experience, as I've walked a number of pilgrimages myself in the past. So now I'm researching this for my dissertation on the MSc in Psychological Trauma at the University of Chester. Amazingly, this aspect of pilgrimage hardly appears at all in the academic literature, and it's time it did! I think this is why many of us do it to start with. I'm looking to make contact with anyone who feels their experience of walking the Camino (any route) has helped them work through some personal crisis, or highly stressful or traumatic event or situation in their lives, and who feels they've grown as a person through their struggles with whatever it was they were dealing with. This kind of personal growth is known as posttraumatic growth, but in this context, "trauma" has a much wider applicability than solely PTSD or Complex PTSD. If anyone would like more information about my research project, or would possibly be interested in being interviewed about their experience of walking the Camino, please get in touch. I have a research page on Facebook - see @KarenWilliamsResearch, and there's also an Information Sheet I can send to potential participants.
Many thanks
Karen
This research project has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Chester.