Psychological change in distressed young people who do not receive counselling : does improvement happen anyway?
Daniunaite, Akvile and Ahmad, Zenib and Cooper, Mick (2012) Psychological change in distressed young people who do not receive counselling : does improvement happen anyway? British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. ISSN 0306-9885 (https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2012.718734)
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The purpose of this study was to explore self-healing processes in young people, and to develop an understanding of the effects of school-based counselling (SBC), by analysing changes in a group of young people who were similar to those attending SBC but who did not participate in this intervention. Semi-structured interviews, based on an adaptation of Elliott’s Change Interview, were conducted with 14 young people who were on a waiting list for SBC as part of a randomised controlled trial. Participants experienced positive improvements in several domains, with change attributed to three main causes: their own actions, the support they received from family and friends, and the effects of the research. The results suggest that young people have a natural capacity to self-heal, and that some of the changes associated with SBC may be due to this self-righting process. Supporting this natural capacity may be an important element of therapeutic work with young people.
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Item type: Article ID code: 41092 Dates: DateEvent2012Published10 September 2012Published OnlineNotes: 2011-12-22: Suggestions for minor revisions returned to students. Resubmission by 29th Dec. Subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Counselling Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 11 Sep 2012 14:59 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 19:33 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/41092