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TEACHING HEARING CLIENTS SIGN LANGUAGE IN THERAPY: THE SIGN YOUR FEELINGS INTERVENTION'S EFFECTS ON THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE AND CLIENT OUTCOMES
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TEACHING HEARING CLIENTS SIGN LANGUAGE IN THERAPY: THE SIGN YOUR FEELINGS INTERVENTION'S EFFECTS ON THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE AND CLIENT OUTCOMES.
Creator
Lopez-Escobar, Grisel M.F., Gill, Carman, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Counselor Education, College of Education
Abstract/Description
The aim of the study was to validate the researcher's new therapeutic intervention, Sign your Feelings, through a four-week randomized control trial (RCT). This intervention involves hearing therapists working with hearing clients. It incorporates (a) discussions about the therapeutic alliance, (b) therapists teaching their clients 36 signs in American Sign Language (ASL) and (c) frequent emotional disclosure as clients learn and practice the signs. This RCT measured the therapeutic alliance...
Show moreThe aim of the study was to validate the researcher's new therapeutic intervention, Sign your Feelings, through a four-week randomized control trial (RCT). This intervention involves hearing therapists working with hearing clients. It incorporates (a) discussions about the therapeutic alliance, (b) therapists teaching their clients 36 signs in American Sign Language (ASL) and (c) frequent emotional disclosure as clients learn and practice the signs. This RCT measured the therapeutic alliance and client outcomes, using the Sessions Rating Scale (SRS) and CORE-10 instrument. Eighty adults from 10 U.S. States participated in the study. Sixteen therapists underwent training before administering the intervention, and sessions took place virtually and in-person. Results did not render statistically significant differences for SRS total scores between the two groups (p =.194). CORE-10 total scores between the two groups were not statistically significant either (p = 0.736). However, results did show a statistically significant negative correlation of r = -.229 (p = .041) between SRS and CORE-10 post-test scores.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013999
Subject Headings
Counseling, American Sign Language, Therapeutic alliance
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The Impact of Motivational Interviewing Training on Rehabilitation Counselors: Assessing Working Alliance and Client Engagement. A Randomized Controlled Trial
Title
The Impact of Motivational Interviewing Training on Rehabilitation Counselors: Assessing Working Alliance and Client Engagement. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Creator
Torres, Ayse, Frain, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of motivational interviewing (MI) counselor training in a public vocational rehabilitation (VR) setting. Data were collected from a total of 347 participants (67 counselors and 280 clients) in the experimental and comparison groups, during the pre-and-posttests. The counselors in the experimental group received a 4-hour standardized MI training and a 4-week follow up coaching sessions. Results of this study indicated that counselors in the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to assess the impact of motivational interviewing (MI) counselor training in a public vocational rehabilitation (VR) setting. Data were collected from a total of 347 participants (67 counselors and 280 clients) in the experimental and comparison groups, during the pre-and-posttests. The counselors in the experimental group received a 4-hour standardized MI training and a 4-week follow up coaching sessions. Results of this study indicated that counselors in the experimental group demonstrated significant gains in their MI competence scores compared to the comparison group. The clients of the experimental group’s counselors significantly improved their engagement in VR services and working alliance with their counselors. Also, counselors’ education level and CRC status showed strong correlation with the posttest MI competence total scores. Finally, working alliance was found to be a significant predictor of client engagement. This study established the preparatory knowledge for the relationship between MI counselor training, client engagement, and counselor-client working alliance in a public rehabilitation setting. The results of this study contribute to the rehabilitation literature by providing evidence-based knowledge and tools designed to improve the quality of VR service outcomes, such as employment, for people with disabilities. With the findings of this research, there is evidence available to provide rehabilitation administrators to justify investing time and other resources into training rehabilitation counselors on the use of MI intervention.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004950
Subject Headings
Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Rehabilitation counselors--Training of, Motivational interviewing., Vocational rehabilitation., Therapeutic alliance.
Format
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Mathematical model of the dynamics of psychotherapy
Title
Mathematical model of the dynamics of psychotherapy.
Creator
Norman, Michael D., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Abstract/Description
This is a novel attempt to produce a rigorous mathematical model of a complex system. The complex system under study is the relationship between therapists and their clients. The success of psychotherapy depends on the nature of the relationship between a therapist and a client. We use dynamical systems theory to model the dynamics of the emotional interaction between a therapist and client. We determine how the therapeutic endpoint and the dynamics of getting there depend on the parameters...
Show moreThis is a novel attempt to produce a rigorous mathematical model of a complex system. The complex system under study is the relationship between therapists and their clients. The success of psychotherapy depends on the nature of the relationship between a therapist and a client. We use dynamical systems theory to model the dynamics of the emotional interaction between a therapist and client. We determine how the therapeutic endpoint and the dynamics of getting there depend on the parameters of the model. ... We describe the emotional state of both the therapist and client with coupled, first order, nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODE's). The rate of change of the emotional state of the therapist and client is proportional to their previous state, their uninfluenced state when alone, and an influence function which depends on the state of the other person. We formulated influence functions based on the research literature on psychotherapy and the therapeutic alliance. We then determined the critical points from the intersection of the nullclines and used a numerical ODE solver (Matlab ODE113) to compute the trajectories from different initial conditions. ... The results validate this prototypical approach to psychotherapy ; we have shown that human interaction (in the context of psychotherapy) can be quantified and modeled using differential equations.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358758
Subject Headings
Psychotherapist and patient, Mathematical models, Counselor and client, Mathematical models, Therapeutic alliance, Mathematical models, Psychotherapy, Philosophy, Mathematical models, Evidence-based psychotherapy, Transference (Psychology), Countertransference (Psychology)
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Document (PDF)