Theory and meaning in counseling research: Comment on Strong (1991).

Patton, Michael J.; Jackson, Aaron P.

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.38.2.214

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“…The emphasis that these participants gave to their own agency suggests a reason for the often-reported lack of correlation between clients' and therapists' evaluations of therapy relationships, processes, and outcomes (Elliott & James, 1989;Gurman, 1977;Hannan et al, 2005;Hunsley, Aubry, Verstervelt, & Vito, 1999;Kiesler, Mathieu, & Klein, 1967;Orlinsky et al, 1994;Patton & Jackson, 1991). If therapists and clients each attribute therapeutic gains to their own agency, it is perhaps not surprising that their judgments often diverge.…”

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Client experiences of agency in therapy

Hoener¹,

Stiles²,

Luka

et al. 2012

Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies

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This study sought an understanding of clients' experiences with psychotherapy from clients' own points of view. Eleven 18-23-year-old clients or former clients participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews about their experiences and opinions of therapy. The interviews were transcribed, and themes were extracted, drawing on techniques from Grounded Theory. From the themes that emerged in this analysis, we focus in this paper on the major theme of client agency, by which we mean clients actively making and enacting choices regarding their therapy. Agency was consistently salient and highly valued by the participants; it encompassed participant accounts of (a) doing the work of therapy, (b) informing themselves about therapy, (c) different manifestations of agency in different therapeutic approaches, (d) their valuing of accomplishment and empowerment, (e) how experiences in therapy differed from expectations, and (f) experiences of compromised agency. Klienten erfahren sich als selbstwirksam Handelnde in der TherapieDiese Studie zielte darauf ab, die Erfahrungen von Klienten mit Psychotherapie aus deren eigener Perspektive erfassen. Elf 18-23 Jahre alte Klienten oder fru¨here Klienten nahmen an halbstrukturierten Tiefeninterviews u¨ber ihre Erfahrungen und Meinung zu Therapie teil. Die Interviews wurden mit Hilfe von Techniken der Grounded Theory transkribiert sowie dann Themen extrahiert. Von den Themen, die in dieser Analyse auftauchten, konzentrieren wir uns in diesem Artikel auf das Hauptthema des Klienten als selbstwirksam Handelndem. Damit meinen wir Situationen, in denen Klienten bezu¨glich ihrer Therapie aktiv eine Wahl treffen und dementsprechend handeln. Selbstwirksames Handeln beurteilten Teilnehmende als etwas Besonderes und es wurde sehr gescha¨tzt; es umfasste Berichte der Teilnehmenden zu (a) die Therapiearbeit tun, (b) sich u¨ber Therapie zu informieren, (c) verschiedene Manifestationen des selbstwirksamen Handelns in den verschiedenen therapeutischen Ansa¨tzen, (d) dass sie es scha¨tzten, etwas zu erreichen und bewirken zu ko¨nnen, (e) wie Erfahrungen mit Therapie sich von den Erwartungen zuvor unterschieden und (f) Erfahrungen, wo das selbstwirksame Handeln gesto¨rt wurde.Experiencias de los consultantes de ser su propio ''agente'' en terapia Este estudio busco´comprender las experiencias de psicoterapia de los consultantes desde sus propios puntos de vista. Once consultantes o ex consultantes de 18 a 23 an˜os de edad participaron en entrevistas en profundidad y semi estructuradas acerca de sus experiencias y opiniones de la terapia. Las entrevistas fueron transcritas y se *Corresponding author.

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Client experiences of agency in therapy

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Stiles²,

Luka

et al. 2012

Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies

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“…Two factors led to the selection of this particular time frame: (a) The aim of the study was to measure trends in utilization of theory for the 10 years before the new century (2000) to assess how the field should conduct research in the current century, and (b) an active discussion regarding the optimal degree of theory utilization in counseling psychology surfaced just before the 1990s (e.g., Heppner & Claiborn, 1989;Serlin, 1987) and again in the early 1990s (Gelso, 1991;Patton & Jackson, 1991;Strong, 1991aStrong, , 1991b, with similar concerns voiced elsewhere in psychology during this time (e.g., Gergen, 1991). Potential trends and/or changes in theory utilization in counseling psychology during the 1990s could then at least be partially attributed to discussions held around this time.…”

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Use of Theory-Driven Research in Counseling

Karr

Larson

2005

The Counseling Psychologist

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Three major journals in counseling psychology were sampled from 1990 to 1999 to assess the percentage of quantitative, empirical articles that were theory driven. Only 43% of the studies utilized a theory or model, and 57% predicted the relation between the variables, with few studies specifying the strength of the relation. Studies sampled in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (63%) and the Journal of Vocational Behavior (65%) reported a significantly higher percentage of theory-driven research than the Journal of Counseling and Development (43%). A higher proportion of Journal of Counseling Psychology studies compared with Journal of Counseling and Development studies anchored findings to theory. Few studies replicated previous studies. This paucity implies that replication is underutilized by the field as a potentially fruitful way to substantiate empirical knowledge. A binary logistic regression was conducted to examine trends over time. No trends emerged. Suggestions for future implementation of theory and implications for counseling psychology as a field are offered.

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“…Potential interpretations are mentally cast and recast in light of different aspects of the context to test validity by pushing constructs to their logical limits. Investigators continually work to make tacit knowledge (Polanyi, 1964) more explicit-and thereby reduce investigator bias (Patton & Jackson, 1991).…”

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A Hermeneutic Approach to the Study of Values in Counseling

Jackson

Patton

1992

Counseling and Values

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This article has two purposes. The first is to describe the hermeneutic approach to counseling research. This description includes a basic rationale for the use of the hermeneutic method in the study of values and counseling as well as a description of the philosophical and procedural framework that undergirds the hermeneutic approach. The second purpose of the article is to illustrate hermeneutic analysis through an example of this type of research. The phenomenon of study is the language of counselors as it relates to the values of free will and determinism. The analysis indicates that counselors' language differs from their professed beliefs. Also, counselors use free will language to support clients and build the relationship and they use deterministic language to encourage a focus on insight.

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Theory and meaning in counseling research: Comment on Strong (1991).

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Client experiences of agency in therapy

Client experiences of agency in therapy

Use of Theory-Driven Research in Counseling

A Hermeneutic Approach to the Study of Values in Counseling

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