Examining therapists' perceptions of barriers to treatment with youth and their families| A mixed methods study

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<p> The present study identified and quantified five main barriers to treatment categories, deducted first from the qualitative dataset, then consolidated with the results of the quantitative dataset. Clinicians (<i>N</i>=36) that worked with youth and their families participated. The main findings suggested five parent themes (<i>practical obstacles, poor alliance with the therapist, therapist&rsquo;s perceptions, socioemotional, and cultural </i>) and seven concept groups (<i>transportation, financial, logistical, attendance, therapeutic relationship, lack of communication, and lack of engagement </i>). Implications provide strategies to ratify some of these barriers, such as gathering data on youth clients and their families. For the purposes of this study, the terms <i>children, adolescents</i>s, and <i> youth</i> will be used interchangeably and will be defined as any individual under the age of 18.</p>

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:3738475
Date	10 December 2015
Creators	Rogers, Gimel
Publisher	Pepperdine University
Source Sets	ProQuest.com
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	thesis