A Negotiation Approach to Intake and Treatment Choice |
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Authors: | Chantal Van Audenhove Hans Vertommen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Medicine and LUCAS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;(2) Faculty of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Treatment choice is the decision process whereby the psychotherapeutic methods and the psychotherapist are determined when psychotherapy is recommended for a specific client. In this article the problem of treatment choice is situated within an integrative view of psychotherapy. A review of the literature confirms the usefulness of the following concepts for treatment choice: client preferences, client control of the situation of choice, and the mutual acceptability of differing views of therapists and clients. These research findings reveal the importance of four elements in the psychotherapeutic intake strategy: exploration of the client's perspective, informing the client, negotiation as a process of confrontation between the client's and the clinician's perspective, and the client's ultimate choice between alternative treatment proposals. |
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Keywords: | treatment choice client– therapist matching treatment decisions negotiation intake |
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