Kirsty Oehlers
Biographic Data
| ID | 9713867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsty Oehlers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsty |
| FAMILY NAME | Oehlers |
| SIGNATURE | OEHLERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6113-5468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Social work research
In this issue – New voices
‘A home to dream love into’ – An autoethnographic analysis of mothering with mental illness
This paper examines the links between mothers, mental illness, estrangement from children, and systemic power and control, through a critically creative autoethnographic methodology. A historical and contemporary discursive analysis of two kinds of documentation is made. Firstly, my great-grandmother’s psychiatric hospital records from almost one hundred years ago are analysed, incorporating parts of my own story, as well as the personal account …
Honouring the artistry in qualitative social work research
Dust around My Heart. Teaching Child Protection from Lived Experience
Social work educators face the task of integrating personal experiences into their teaching practice. In difficult topic areas such as child protection, violence, trauma, and abuse, the challenge of presenting material objectively is made more difficult when the social work educator has lived experience of these topics. This paper uses a critically creative autoethnographic methodology to examine the nexus between the author’s lived experience of…
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Dust around My Heart. Teaching Child Protection from Lived Experience
Social work educators face the task of integrating personal experiences into their teaching practice. In difficult topic areas such as child protection, violence, trauma, and abuse, the challenge of presenting material objectively is made more difficult when the social work educator has lived experience of these topics. This paper uses a critically creative autoethnographic methodology to examine the nexus between the author’s lived experience of…
Honouring the artistry in qualitative social work research
‘A home to dream love into’ – An autoethnographic analysis of mothering with mental illness
This paper examines the links between mothers, mental illness, estrangement from children, and systemic power and control, through a critically creative autoethnographic methodology. A historical and contemporary discursive analysis of two kinds of documentation is made. Firstly, my great-grandmother’s psychiatric hospital records from almost one hundred years ago are analysed, incorporating parts of my own story, as well as the personal account …
Social work research
In this issue – New voices
Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (3 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Autoethnography (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works)