Author: David Michael RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black English
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Effect of Therapist Dialect on Clients' Perceptions of the Therapist and Therapy
Author: David Michael RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black English
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Effects of Therapist Speaking Durations on Client Perceptions of Therapy
Author: Angela M. PfeifferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Therapists' Perceived Influence of Language
Author: Cameron D. MountPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Experiences of the bilingual client in therapy have received attention in the literature but accounts of the experience of the bilingual therapist are strikingly sparse. The purpose of this study was to focus on the bilingual therapist[alpha]s perception of the impact of language on the therapeutic process. To achieve this goal, the researcher interviewed therapists who speak Spanish as a second language and work with native Spanish-speaking clients. Data analysis was completed using ethnographic research methods, which resulted in the emergence of three themes. The first theme included therapists[alpha] perceived obstacles to second-language therapy. Each of the participants in the study discussed things that made therapy in a second language more difficult for them than in their native English. The second theme that emerged included the compensatory coping strategies. Many of the therapists interviewed discussed certain strategies they employed to prepare themselves to offer competent services to the Spanish-speaking community. These coping skills compensated for the obstacles that were unavoidable in their second-language work. The third and final theme included the facilitative beliefs about Spanish-language work experience. Each of the therapists interviewed for this study expressed certain beliefs that enabled them to continue offering services in Spanish in the face of some intense difficulties. These beliefs gave therapists a positive spin on their experiences, and enhanced their beliefs that doing therapy in Spanish was worth the added effort it took to do therapy in a second language. Implications for clinicians as well as future research are presented.
The Effects of Therapist Race, Therapist Language Proficiency, and Participant Universal-diverse Orientation on Perceptions of Therapists
Author: Victoria ChunPublisher:
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Category : Cross-cultural counseling
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Cultural Variables Affecting Client/therapist Consonance
Author: Ditty DokterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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This thesis addresses the hypothesis " Intragroup cultural differences between client and therapist will adversely affect client - therapist consonance in their perception of arts therapies group treatment" The literature review of intercultural psychotherapy, arts therapies and congruence research is contextualised in a discussion of the arts therapies in the UK, in particular group therapy in psychiatry. The discussion of the evolution of a multi modal research design incorporates an ethnographic perspective. The researcher shows how the setting and two pilot studies as well as the Evidence Based Practice initiative influenced the design. The main concepts in the research question are defined and the sample analysed within its local context. Helping and hindering factors in arts therapies group sessions are identified through cluster analysis of questionnaires and focus groups. The next stage of the analysis examines which client, therapist and treatment variables are shown to affect dissonance. Five case studies show the interaction of these variables for individual clients. The concluding chapter discusses the findings and critiques the methodology, as well as providing recommendations for further research. The hypothesis of the research is found invalid; cultural background variables alone do not create client-therapist dissonance. The findings show that client, therapist and treatment variables interact to create dissonance. Client diagnosis, stage of treatment and cultural background interact with their experience of the arts therapies medium. In an arts therapy group context the structuring of the group and the interpretation of the arts expression as symbol or index, will interact with client and therapist cultural background variables. The intragroup variations are migration history, nationality, religious orientation and first language spoken. Cultural difference with the therapist affecting dissonance was evident for those clients who were third generation English / British and who had grown up and were still resident in an non-urban area (small town or village in a predominantly agricultural region) with little cultural diversity. Intergroup difference affected attrition for one client, influenced more by peer than therapist dissonance. Treatment interruptions, the theoretical orientation of the therapists and peer dissonance interact with the client-therapist dissonance. Recommendations for practice are formulated from these findings. These concern adjusting practice to allow for a greater emphasis on expression and play, differing client perceptions about symbolism and the establishing of an early therapeutic alliance.
The Effects of Therapist-client Racial Match and Time on Therapists' Perceptions of Session Impact in Family Therapy
Author: Kathleen E. OrganekLanguage and Narratives in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Author: Scott T. MeierPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826108962
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
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Cultural Variables Affecting Client
Author: Ditty DokterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This thesis addresses the hypothesis "Intragroup cultural differences between client and therapist will adversely affect client - therapist consonance in their perception of arts therapies group treatment" The literature review of intercultural psychotherapy, arts therapies and congruence research is contextualised in a discussion of the arts therapies in the UK, in particular group therapy in psychiatry. The discussion of the evolution of a multi modal research design incorporates an ethnographic perspective. The researcher shows how the setting and two pilot studies as well as the Evidence Based Practice initiative influenced the design. The main concepts in the research question are defined and the sample analysed within its local context. Helping and hindering factors in arts therapies group sessions are identified through cluster analysis of questionnaires and focus groups. The next stage of the analysis examines which client, therapist and treatment variables are shown to affect dissonance. Five case studies show the interaction of these variables for individual clients. The concluding chapter discusses the findings and critiques the methodology, as well as providing recommendations for further research. The hypothesis of the research is found invalid; cultural background variables alone do not create client-therapist dissonance. The findings show that client, therapist and treatment variables interact to create dissonance. Client diagnosis, stage of treatment and cultural background interact with their experience of the arts therapies medium. In an arts therapy group context the structuring of the group and the interpretation of the arts expression as symbol or index, will interact with client and therapist cultural background variables. The intragroup variations are migration history, nationality, religious orientation and first language spoken. Cultural difference with the therapist affecting dissonance was evident for those clients who were third generation English / British and who had grown up and were still resident in an non-urban area (small town or village in a predominantly agricultural region) with little cultural diversity. Intergroup difference affected attrition for one client, influenced more by peer than therapist dissonance. Treatment interruptions, the theoretical orientation of the therapists and peer dissonance interact with the client-therapist dissonance. Recommendations for practice are formulated from these findings. These concern adjusting practice to allow for a greater emphasis on expression and play, differing client perceptions about symbolism and the establishing of an early therapeutic alliance.
Research in Individual Psychotherapy
Author: Hans H. StruppPublisher:
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Category : Psychotherapy
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
2741 references through 1967 about individual psychotherapy with adult patients as well as general references about research in psychotherapy. Primarily from English-language journals, but also includes dissertations, books, proceedings, and papers presented. Alphabetical arrangement by primary authors.
The Effects of Therapist Characteristics Upon Low SES and Racial Minority Clients' Perceptions of Psychotherapy Outcome in Initial Sessions
Author: Gordon C. Nagayama HallPublisher:
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Category : Minorities
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
This study examined the effects of psychotherapist characteristics upon psychotherapy outcome over three sessions with lower SES [socioeconomic status] and racial minority subjects. Twenty of these subjects received individual psychotherapy and 10 were involved in a non-psychotherapy psychoeducational comparison group. Outcome was determined by pre-post Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scores. Results indicated that subjects who saw therapists of their own race and those who saw male therapists made greater improvements in psychotherapy than those who saw therapists of a different race or subjects who saw female therapists. Level of psychotherapist Machiavellianism, therapeutic orientation, and the administration of psychotropic medications did not differentially affect psychotherapy outcome. A group of 12 dropouts who began in psychotherapy was additionally examined, and was comprised predominantly of young Black subjects who saw female therapists of their own race. These results were discussed in terms of social perception theory, which suggests that external characteristics, such as race and sex, strongly influence impression formation in initial interactions.