Abstract
School-based humanistic counseling (SBHC) is a widely-delivered intervention for psychological distress in young people, particularly in the UK. This study piloted a set of procedures for evaluating SBHC and obtaining initial indications of effect. Psychologically distressed young people (aged 13 - 16) were randomized to either 12 weeks of SBHC or a waiting list control. The primary outcome was psychological distress at 12-week endpoint, as measured by the Young Person’s CORE. Those allocated to counseling (n = 16) showed significantly greater reductions in psychological distress than participants in the control group (n = 17), with an effect size (ES) (g) of 1.14 on the primary outcome and a mean ES across all four outcome measures of 0.73 at endpoint. The findings indicate that SBHC may be an effective means of reducing psychological distress in young people.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 355-365 |
| Journal | Psychotherapy Research |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 9 Oct 2012 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- school-based counselling
- adolescent psychotherapy
- client-centred psychotherapy
- humanistic psychotherapy
- humanistic counselling
- therapeutic outcomes
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Mick Cooper (Participant), Lucia Berdondini (Participant) & Lorna Carrick (Participant)
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