
Aims
This review aims to synthesize qualitative research and answer the following research question:
How is safety negotiated in the therapeutic alliance for both service providers and clients who are experiencing trauma-related distress in an inter-cultural context?
Design
A pre-planned search of five databases (Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Applied Social Sciences Index) was conducted on June 2021 and updated on June 2022. This search consisted of free-text keywords along with database-specific subject headings related to the concepts of trauma, therapeutic alliance, and qualitative research. Meta-ethnography was used to synthesize the findings of qualitative studies (Noblit & Hare, 1988).
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