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Female Client Perception, Experience, and Understanding of Psychotherapeutic Change in Rural Appalachia Ohio: A Phenomenological Study

Martin, Melissa
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1386169028

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Counselor Education (Education).
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences, perceptions, and understandings of five female participants in the rural Appalachian Region of Ohio who reported psychotherapeutic change as a result of mental health counseling. The psychotherapeutic change process has been defined by multiple theorists, however in this study the meaning of change is explained from the participant's perspective. Data collection consisted of in-depth interviews, demographic, and counseling questionnaires. A combination of Colaizzi's (1978), Van Manen's (1984), and Moustakas' (1994) phenomenological methods was utilized for data analysis. The four themes that emerged from the participant's stories answered the central research question: What are the Appalachian female client's experience, perception, and understanding of psychotherapeutic change? Generated themes included: Experiencing Therapeutic Change in a Safe Counseling Relationship, Education as a Precursor to Experiencing Therapeutic Change, Experiencing Change as a Journey to Empowerment, and Experiencing Therapeutic Change as Modern Appalachian Daughters with Traditional Appalachian Mothers. Practice and research implications are discussed.
Tracy Leinbaugh, Ph.D. (Advisor)
397 p.
Counseling Education
psychotherapeutic change; counseling; Appalachian women, rural, Ohio Appalachia

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  • Martin, M. (2013). Female Client Perception, Experience, and Understanding of Psychotherapeutic Change in Rural Appalachia Ohio: A Phenomenological Study [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1386169028

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Martin, Melissa. Female Client Perception, Experience, and Understanding of Psychotherapeutic Change in Rural Appalachia Ohio: A Phenomenological Study . 2013. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1386169028.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Martin, Melissa. "Female Client Perception, Experience, and Understanding of Psychotherapeutic Change in Rural Appalachia Ohio: A Phenomenological Study ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1386169028

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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