Client reports of perceived helpfulness in therapy may provide valuable information to clinicians and researchers about what makes therapy therapeutic for individuals. This may help us to understand more about common factors in effective psychotherapies, to explain the processes through which these factors might operate and to understand how the therapeutic relationship contributes to change for different clients. However, the meth-methodological complexity involved in the design of experimental studies has so far prevented research from being able to fully utilise what clients can tell us about their experience of change. This thesis aimed to address some of these challenges in client centered psychotherapy process research.
| Date of Award | 31 Dec 2014 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Awarding Institution | - The University of Manchester
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| Supervisor | Warren Mansell (Supervisor) & Sara Tai (Supervisor) |
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- Psychotherapy, Client Perception, Helpfulness, Therapeutic Relationship, Transdiagnostic, Therapy Process, Method of Levels, Perceptual Control Theory
Client Perceptions of Helpfulness: A Therapy Process Study
Cocklin, A. (Author). 31 Dec 2014
Student thesis: Doctor of Clinical Psychology