Clients' Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality: A Grounded Formal Theory

Based upon a qualitative metasynthesis of 49 articles centered on clients’ experiences of their conjoint couple and family therapy, the investigators constructed a grounded formal theory of Clients’ Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality. The theory suggests from prethe...

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Published in:Journal of marital and family therapy 2012-01, Vol.38 (1), p.241-264
Main Authors: Chenail, Ronald J., George, Sally St, Wulff, Dan, Duffy, Maureen, Scott, Karen Wilson, Tomm, Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Client Relations
Clinical Experience
Counseling
Couples
Couples Therapy - methods
Family counseling
Family Health
Family Relations
Family Therapy
Family Therapy - methods
Female
Humans
Individual Counseling
Male
Marriage - psychology
Meaning
Meta Analysis
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Selection
Perception
Perceptions
Professional-Patient Relations
Qualitative Research
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Control
Reflection
Relatives
Research Methodology
Researchers
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Support
Studies
Therapists
Therapy
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Summary:Based upon a qualitative metasynthesis of 49 articles centered on clients’ experiences of their conjoint couple and family therapy, the investigators constructed a grounded formal theory of Clients’ Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality. The theory suggests from pretherapy conceptions to posttherapy reflections, clients’ perceptions of conjoint couple and family therapy quality appear to consist of clients’ constructed meanings regarding a series of interrelated relationships between clients and their therapists and therapy environments, between clients and themselves, between clients and other family members, and between process and outcome both inside and outside therapy. Within and across these relationships, clients appear to focus on expectations, connections, balance, and change when evaluating the quality of their clinical experiences. Based upon this theory, the investigators recommend that researchers continue to explore this clinical phenomenon and that therapists regularly seek clients’ conceptions of quality in therapy.
ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00246.x