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Client cognitive responses to counselor paradoxical and nonparadoxical directives
Author(s) -
Lee Dong Yul,
Rossiter Barbara,
Martin Jack,
Uhlemann Max R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199009)46:5<643::aid-jclp2270460517>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychology , session (web analytics) , anxiety , cognition , negativity effect , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , world wide web , computer science
Client cognitive responses to counselor paradoxical and nonparadoxical directives were examined. It was predicted (a) that clients who received paradoxical symptom prescriptions would display a greater negativity toward the counselor and counseling than those who received nonparadoxical directives; and (b) that clients who received no rationale for the paradoxical directives would display a greater negativity than those who received a rationale. Thirty clients who had reported performance anxiety received one 45‐minute counseling interview. Ten clients received paradoxical directives with a rationale, 10 received paradoxical directives with no rationale, and 10 received nonparadoxical directives. Results showed no significant differences in either client in‐session negativity or out‐of‐session implementation of directives between the paradoxical and nonparadoxical conditions and between the rationale and no rationale paradoxical conditions. Possible implications of the findings are discussed.