Location

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Greenspun Hall (first & second floor lobby)

Description

This was the second phase of a two phase mixed methodology study. Presented is the qualitative portion consisting of semi-structured phone interviews conducted with past clients in order to examine the relationship of the therapeutic alliance and client satisfaction with client retention and termination status.Findings were classified into three main categories: therapist characteristics, treatment structural characteristics and process characteristics.

Keywords

Counseling; Customer service; Mental health; Process characteristics; Psychotherapy; Successful treatments; Therapist-patient relationships; Therapist characteristics; Treatment structure characteristics

Disciplines

Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling | Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy | Psychology

Language

English


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Apr 15th, 1:00 PM Apr 15th, 2:30 PM

Therapeutic alliance and client satisfaction from the client’s perspective

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Greenspun Hall (first & second floor lobby)

This was the second phase of a two phase mixed methodology study. Presented is the qualitative portion consisting of semi-structured phone interviews conducted with past clients in order to examine the relationship of the therapeutic alliance and client satisfaction with client retention and termination status.Findings were classified into three main categories: therapist characteristics, treatment structural characteristics and process characteristics.