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A Qualitative Study of Perspective Divergence and Premature Termination from Psychotherapy

Loeffler, Valerie A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1067888357

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2003, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Approximately one-third of clients that therapists label 'premature terminators' will, if asked, say that they were no longer in need of services when they ended therapy. While the current literature assumes that this disjoint in opinion is due to therapist miscalculation of therapy outcome, this study explored an alternative model based on a divergence of perspectives between therapists and clients. Three former psychotherapy clients (who indicated that they were no longer in need of services) and their therapists (who indicated that their clients were still in need of services) participated in interviews during which they described the problems they were working on in therapy, the process of termination, and their views on therapy in general. The results suggested that therapist-client differences in problem conceptualization and therapy values contributed to divergent perspectives on the appropriateness of termination. A final section of this paper includes a discussion of the implications of these results for psychotherapy practice and research.
Larry Leitner (Advisor)
79 p.
Psychology, Clinical
premature termination; perspective divergence; dropout; qualitative research; therapy values; therapy outcome

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  • Loeffler, V. A. (2003). A Qualitative Study of Perspective Divergence and Premature Termination from Psychotherapy [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1067888357

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Loeffler, Valerie. A Qualitative Study of Perspective Divergence and Premature Termination from Psychotherapy. 2003. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1067888357.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Loeffler, Valerie. "A Qualitative Study of Perspective Divergence and Premature Termination from Psychotherapy." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1067888357

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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