title: A qualitative investigation of former clients' perception of change, reasons for consultation, therapeutic relationship, and termination.
abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate former client's perception of change, reasons for consultation, therapeutic relationship, and termination. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 17 former clients who had been in a psychotherapeutic treatment. A qualitative approach, based on consensual qualitative research (CQR) was used to analyze the interviews. Results show how the balance of negative and positive aspects of the therapeutic relationship is associated with the perception of change. Likewise, categories related to reasons for consultation were associated with types of change and therapy termination. The relevance of the client's perspective is increasingly being recognized as valuable for the understanding of the psychotherapeutic processes and generates hypotheses for future research.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET.
authors.forename: Julieta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivera
authors.forename: Malena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Juan Martín
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gómez Penedo
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roussos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult