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Original Articles

The relationship between therapist and client hope with therapy outcomes

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Pages 619-626 | Received 22 Feb 2010, Accepted 25 May 2010, Published online: 16 Aug 2010
 

Abstract

The current study examined whether clients' perceptions of hope and therapists' hope in their clients were associated with therapy outcomes. The authors conducted a naturalistic study of brief therapy with 10 therapists and 43 adult clients. Client-rated hope significantly increased after one session of therapy. However, no significant relationship was found between pretherapy client-rated hope and first-session symptom change. Further, client-rated hope at any point in therapy was not significantly related to therapy outcomes. Therapists' hope in their clients after the first and last sessions was significantly related to client outcomes. Implications for therapy practice and research are offered.

RÉSUMÉ

Cette étude a examiné si les perceptions des clients de l'espoir et de l'espoir des thérapeutes dans leurs clients étaient associées avec les résultats thérapeutiques. Les auteurs ont conduit une étude naturalistique d'une thérapie brève avec 10 thérapeutes et 43 clients adultes. L'espoir évalué par le client augmentait significativement après une séance de thérapie. Cependant, aucune relation significative n'a été trouvée entre l'espoir évalué par le client avant la thérapie et les changements symptomatiques après la première séance. De plus, l'espoir évalué par le client à n'importe quel point de la thérapie n’était pas relié significativement aux résultats thérapeutiques. L'espoir du thérapeute dans ses clients après la première et la dernière séance était significativement relié aux résultats. Des implications pour la pratique clinique et la recherche sont offertes.

Abstract

O presente estudo examina se as percepções de esperança do cliente e a esperança do terapeuta nos seus clientes se encontram associados com os resultados terapêuticos. Os autores conduziram um estudo naturalista de terapia breve com 10 terapeutas e 43 clientes adultos. Os clientes avaliaram a esperança como significativamente aumentada após a primeira sessão de psicoterapia. No entanto, não se encontrou uma relação significativa entre a avaliação de esperança relacionada com a psicoterapia pelo cliente e a mudança sintomática. Adicionalmente, a avaliação de esperança por parte do cliente em qualquer ponto da terapia não se relacionou significativamente com os resultados terapêuticos. A esperança do terapeuta nos seus clientes após as primeiras e últimas sessões encontrava-se significativamente relacionada com os resultados dos clientes. São referidas as implicações para a pratica clínica e investigação.

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