Nick Midgley1,2, Joshua Holmes2, Sally Parkinson2, Emily Stapley1,2, Virginia Eatough3, Mary Target1,2. 1. a Anna Freud Centre , London , UK. 2. b Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology , University College London , London , UK. 3. c Department of Psychology , Birkbeck University of London , London , UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore hopes and expectations for therapy among a clinical population of depressed adolescents. METHOD: As part of a randomized clinical trial, 77 adolescents aged 11-17, with moderate to severe depression, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. The interviews were analysed qualitatively using framework analysis. RESULTS: The findings are reported around five themes: "the difficulty of imagining what will happen in therapy," "the 'talking cure,'" "the therapist as doctor," "therapy as a relationship," and "regaining the old self or developing new capacities." CONCLUSIONS: Differing expectations are likely to have implications for the way young people engage with treatment, and failure to identify these expectations may lead to a risk of treatment breakdown.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore hopes and expectations for therapy among a clinical population of depressed adolescents. METHOD: As part of a randomized clinical trial, 77 adolescents aged 11-17, with moderate to severe depression, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. The interviews were analysed qualitatively using framework analysis. RESULTS: The findings are reported around five themes: "the difficulty of imagining what will happen in therapy," "the 'talking cure,'" "the therapist as doctor," "therapy as a relationship," and "regaining the old self or developing new capacities." CONCLUSIONS: Differing expectations are likely to have implications for the way young people engage with treatment, and failure to identify these expectations may lead to a risk of treatment breakdown.
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Keywords:
Depression; Erwartungen; Jugendliche; Psychotherapie; Rolle/ Outcome; Therapieerwartungen; adolescence; adolescenza; aspettative di terapia; depression; depressione; expectancies; expectations of therapy; psicoterapia; psychotherapy; role/outcome; ruolo / esito; speranze
Authors: Clio Berry; Joanne Hodgekins; Daniel Michelson; Laura Chapman; Olga Chelidoni; Lucie Crowter; Catarina Sacadura; David Fowler Journal: Adolesc Res Rev Date: 2021-07-06