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Youth Therapist Strategies to Enhance Client Homework Completion
Author(s) -
Houlding Carolyn,
Schmidt Fred,
Walker Diane
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00533.x
Subject(s) - psychology , mental health , clinical psychology , medical education , psychotherapist , medicine
Background: This study examined strategies youth therapists use to attempt to enhance their clients’ therapeutic homework completion. Method: Thirty‐two youth mental health therapists participated. All participants completed a ‘Follow‐Through Strategy’ survey and 13 also participated in a semi‐structured interview. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed. Results: On the survey, therapists reported using a broad range of strategies to attempt to enhance therapeutic homework completion. Interview results indicated participants emphasized strategies related to therapeutic engagement to attempt to enhance homework completion. Conclusions: Future studies should employ prospective design and examine the differential and collective impact of strategies therapists described using.