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A note on assessing the effects of therapy in a family‐counseling agency
Author(s) -
Keutzer Carolin S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197910)7:4<354::aid-jcop2290070413>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , distress , family therapy , psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychological distress , medicine , mental health , philosophy , epistemology
As a part of an ongoing research project, three quick, simple, and reliable instruments were used to measure the degree and type of psychological distress that clients at a nonprofit counseling agency experienced prior and subsequent to receiving therapy. Although not free from methodological difficulties (most notably the number of non‐respondents at follow‐up), this study showed a statistically significant ( p < .001) positive change in all the measures in a pre‐ and post‐therapy comparison.