The research examined the relationship between counsellor awareness of client-identified helpful events and session and event level outcome. Furthermore, counselling participants' experiences of the change processes in high and low counsellor awareness were also examined. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyze ratings and word responses of clients' and counsellors' perspectives about how therapeutic change came about in helpful therapy events. Results of the quantitative study indicated no association between counsellor awareness and session and event level outcome. Results of the qualitative study indicated that in helpful events that therapists were most aware of, clients described the process as particularly more helpful than events where therapists were least aware. Descriptions from the high awareness events indicated that therapists tended to be most aware of client selected helpful events characterized by an interpersonal therapeutic focus, with clients expressing and exploring negative feelings toward significant others. Descriptions from the low awareness events indicated that therapists were least aware of client selected helpful events where clients were working toward identifying their feelings and understanding unwanted aspects of themselves.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.84247 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Fitopoulos, Lazarus |
| Contributors | Stalikas, A. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002150016, proquestno: AAINQ98255, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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