ERIC Number: EJ1042666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
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Young Clients' Narratives of the Purpose and Outcome of Counselling
Gibson, Kerry; Cartwright, Claire
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v42 n5 p511-524 2014
This study explores how adolescent clients construct the purpose and outcome of counselling. A narrative analysis was performed on interviews with 22 clients (aged 16--18) who had used a school-based counselling service. The aim was to identify the purpose and outcomes that participants attributed to their counselling experience. The analysis identified four narrative forms that young clients used to describe counselling. These included "transformative", "supportive", "pragmatic" and "disappointed" narratives. Each narrative form constructed a different purpose and outcome for counselling. Engaging with clients' narratives about the purpose and intended outcome of counselling may allow counsellors to better match their expectations and approach to fit with their young client or to work with them to co-construct more flexible narratives that support helpful outcomes.
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Participant Satisfaction, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Interviews, Phenomenology, Personal Narratives, School Counseling, High School Students, Transformative Learning, Attitude Change, Helping Relationship, Need Gratification, Negative Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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