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Impact of Clinician Expectations on Termination Status and Therapeutic Outcome

Given the high rates of premature termination in training clinics, research aimed at understanding client attrition is urgently needed. Recent investigations in this area have implicated expectations of psychotherapy as a strong predictor of premature termination; however, this phenomenon has only been studied from the perspective of client expectations to date. There is reason to believe clinician expectations for the duration and effectiveness of psychotherapy may further impact the likelihood of their clients terminating prematurely. This study sought to address this gap in the literature by examining the association of clinicians' expectations to clients' psychotherapy outcomes and termination status in a training clinic setting. Clinicians were found to hold significantly higher expectations for client improvement than would be expected, and these high expectations were found to be positively correlated with clinically significant change in clients. Implications for improving client retention and treatment outcome in training clinics are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc271793
Date05 1900
CreatorsConnor, Dana R.
ContributorsCallahan, Jennifer, Ruggero, Camilo J., Cox, Randall J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Connor, Dana R., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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