Premature termination of conselling at a university Counselling Centre |
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| Authors: | David April Lionel J Nicholas |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Student Counselling, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, 7535 Bellville, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated premature termination of counselling at a university Counselling Centre. Twenty (20) premature terminators reported on their experience of counselling by completing a mailed questionnaire containing open- and close-ended items. The following results were obtained: Premature termination was not the result of a negative experience of counselling by the client; nor was premature termination the manifestation of a failed interpersonal relationship between the client and the counsellor; clients who terminated prematurely are likely to seek counselling again at a later stage in their lives; premature terminators would be likely to refer someone for counselling and premature terminators did not consider their participation in the study as violating the counsellor-client confidentiality. Limited support was established for the hypothesis that premature terminators will consider their expectations of counselling as not having been met. |
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