Revisiting a meta-analysis of helpful aspects of therapy in a community counselling service |
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Authors: | Emma L Quick Claire Dowd |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies, University of South Wales, Newport, UKhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9844-6788;2. School of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies, University of South Wales, Newport, UK |
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Abstract: | This small scale mixed methods study examines helpful events in a community counselling setting, categorising impacts of events according to Timulak’s [(2007). Identifying core categories of client-identified impact of helpful events in psychotherapy: A qualitative meta-analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 17, 305–314] meta-synthesis of significant events research. Comparisons were made between the types of impacts reported as helpful by clients receiving cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or relational integrative counselling. Seventy-five clients identified 291 significant events on 216 Helpful Aspects of Therapy (HAT) forms. The findings broadly reflect all nine impacts identified by Timulak (2007). The study also suggests that a potential new category, ‘voicing’ may exist. Differences between the types of impacts reported as helpful by clients in CBT and integrative therapy showed a higher percentage of CBT clients reporting ‘behavioural change/problem solution’, ‘reassurance’ and ‘client involvement’ as helpful. Differences in other categories were not statistically significant. |
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Keywords: | Helpful Aspects of Therapy significant events helpful events cognitive behavioural therapy relational integrative counselling |
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