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A Phenomenological Inquiry of Clients' Experiences of Receiving a Humanistically Oriented Therapeutic Letter From Their Counselor Between Counseling Sessions
Author(s) -
LAMPRECHT LOGAN M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/johc.12011
Subject(s) - psychotherapist , psychology , qualitative research , counselor education , counseling psychology , interpretative phenomenological analysis , phenomenological method , medical education , medicine , clinical psychology , higher education , epistemology , sociology , social science , philosophy , political science , law
This qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of 6 female clients who received a humanistically oriented letter from their counselor between counseling appointments. Five core themes resulted concerning shared perspectives of the letter's impact on the recipients. A brief discussion, including limitations and recommendations, is provided.