International Students' Perspectives of Helpful and Hindering Factors in the Initial Stages of a Therapeutic Relationship/Perspectives des etudiants etrangers sur les facteurs ameliorant ou entravant la phase initiale de la relation therapeutique

Using interpersonal process recall, 8 international student participants (6 men, 2 women) described what they thought was helpful or hindering to the therapeutic relationship during an analogue initial counselling session. A thematic qualitative analysis revealed that the participants found 5 counse...

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Published inCanadian journal of counselling and psychotherapy Vol. 50; no. 3s; p. S156
Main Authors Willis-OConnor, Sarine, Landine, Jeff, Domene, Jose F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 01.08.2016
Subjects
Analysis
College students
Health aspects
Students, Foreign
Canada
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Summary:Using interpersonal process recall, 8 international student participants (6 men, 2 women) described what they thought was helpful or hindering to the therapeutic relationship during an analogue initial counselling session. A thematic qualitative analysis revealed that the participants found 5 counsellor qualities and techniques to be helpful to the therapeutic relationship: (a) active listening, (b) casualness, (c) direction, (d) enthusiasm, and (e) connection with client's culture. Three factors were identified as hindering to the therapeutic relationship: (a) language barriers, (b) fast pace, and (c) counsellor disengagement. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
ISSN:1923-6182
1923-6182