Accessing psychological therapies: Homeless young people's views on barriers and facilitators
| Autor: | Surabhi Chaturvedi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Psychotherapist
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Cognitive reframing Patience 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology 0302 clinical medicine Denial Nursing Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Thematic analysis business Applied Psychology media_common Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 16:54-63 |
| ISSN: | 1473-3145 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/capr.12058 |
| Popis: | Aim Homeless young people have historically been regarded as hard to reach in the provision of counselling services. However, they are under-represented in research that seeks to understand clients’ views on accessing counselling. This study aimed to bridge this gap by asking young, homeless people who had accessed counselling what they thought were the main barriers to counselling and how they could be overcome. Method A qualitative methodology was adopted due to the aim of understanding participants’ experiences in depth. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants residing in hostels, and these were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings The barriers to counselling included resistance to opening up, stigma, denial about needing help, past experiences of help-seeking and lack of familiarity with therapy. Facilitating factors included patience and consistency of offer, simple explanations and demystifying and normalising counselling to make it seem less threatening. Implications The findings overlap with previous research on barriers and facilitators with non-homeless adolescents. In addition to this, by drawing on literature on homelessness, this article considers how some of these factors are further compounded for those who are also homeless. Some implications are considered for practitioners hoping to improve their engagement of young, homeless people in counselling. These are mainly in the areas of reframing the language in which counselling is promoted, greater flexibility, and providing opportunities to interact with counsellors. It also makes the case for a change in practitioner attitudes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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