title: Clients' preferences for styles of therapy.
abstract: Clients' preferences for different styles of therapy were studied by showing videos depicting five different styles (psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, humanistic, external and naïve) to psychiatric day hospital patients. After seeing each video, clients rated credibility, personal preference, and the depth and smoothness subscales of the Session Evaluation Questionnaire. Credibility and personal preference were highly correlated. Overall, clients had clear differential preferences between styles. The cognitive-behavioural style was preferred to other styles in all measures. There were only weak associations between individual difference variables and preferences.
authors.affiliation: Camden and Islington Drugs Service, National Temperance Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wanigaratne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014743:Videotape Recording