PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS

Clients ....................................................................................................................... 73
Therapists .................................................................................................................. 73
Judges ........................................................................................................................ 73
Measures ....................................................................................................................... 74
Client demographics ................................................................................................. 74
Therapist demographics ............................................................................................ 74
Judge demographics .................................................................................................. 74
The Helping Skills System........................................................................................ 74
Client attachment style .............................................................................................. 75
Intake session duration .............................................................................................. 76
Client pre-therapy need for therapy .......................................................................... 76
Client pre-therapy outcome expectations.................................................................. 76
Procedures ..................................................................................................................... 76
Client recruitment ..................................................................................................... 76
Therapist recruitment ................................................................................................ 77
Judge recruitment ...................................................................................................... 77
Intake sessions .......................................................................................................... 78
Training for the HSS ................................................................................................. 78
Transcripts for the HSS ............................................................................................. 78
Unitizing for the HSS................................................................................................ 79
Coding using the HSS ............................................................................................... 80
Chapter 5: Results ............................................................................................................. 81
Descriptive Statistics ..................................................................................................... 81
Preliminary Analyses .................................................................................................... 84
Main Analyses and Planned Comparisons .................................................................... 85
Research Question 1 ................................................................................................. 86
Research Question 2 ................................................................................................. 87
Research Question 3 ................................................................................................. 88
Research Question 4 ................................................................................................. 90
Research Question 5 ................................................................................................. 91
Research Question 6 ................................................................................................. 92
Research Question 7 ................................................................................................. 94
Research Question 8 ................................................................................................. 95
Research Question 9 ................................................................................................. 96
Research Question 10 ............................................................................................... 98
All Nine Subtypes of Helpings Skills for Engagers and Non-engagers ....................... 99
Additional Analyses .................................................................................................... 102
Client attachment style ............................................................................................ 102
Intake session duration ............................................................................................ 104
Client pre-therapy need for therapy ........................................................................ 105
Client pre-therapy outcome expectations................................................................ 105
Chapter 6: Discussion .................................................................................................... 107
Overall Helping Skills and Psychotherapy Engagement ............................................ 107
First Third of the Intake: Helping Skills and Psychotherapy Engagement ................. 108
Middle Third of the Intake: Helping Skills and Psychotherapy Engagement ............ 109
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