Research Article

Professionals’ Experiences of the Relations between Personal History and Professional Role

Table 2

Themes from the participants’ personal histories that were linked to their professional roles.

Experiences related to the participant as an individualWork-related experiencesFamily-related experiences

(i) Personal qualities 
(ii) Personal interests
(i) Profound personal experiences in a work context (i) Family members with mental health problems 
(ii) Family members working in mental health services