An exploratory study of the therapeutic alliance and client outcomes in a voluntary counselling agency
| dc.contributor.author | Lee, Cynthia | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Magnuson, Douglas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-27T21:04:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-27T21:04:18Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-27 | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Child and Youth Care | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Dyadic data analysis methods are underutilized in child and youth care, where much of the practice relies on relationships with individuals and groups. In this exploratory study, a dyadic data analysis approach was used to study the interdependence amongst client-counsellor dyads in a voluntary counselling setting. Ten counsellors and thirty-six clients from a Canadian voluntary counselling agency participated in this study. Counselling sessions ranged from two to 20 sessions. Clients completed a session rating scale, a measure of the therapeutic alliance. In addition, clients and counsellors completed an outcome rating scale and personal change questions. A one-with-many design was used to explore the similarity between client-counsellor dyads, the degree of consensus, assimilation, and uniqueness as well as the level of reciprocity for perceived client well-being. Multi-level modeling was used to partition the variance on the outcome rating scale to account for sources of non-independence in client-counsellor dyads, and the indirect relationships between multiple clients working with the same counsellor. Implications of the study and recommendations for future research are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4172 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights.temp | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | dyadic data analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | voluntary counselling | en_US |
| dc.subject | therapeutic alliance | en_US |
| dc.subject | client outcome | en_US |
| dc.subject | counseling | en_US |
| dc.title | An exploratory study of the therapeutic alliance and client outcomes in a voluntary counselling agency | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |