"Just like talking to someone about like shit in your life and stuff, and they help you": Hopes and expectations for therapy among depressed adolescents. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Midgley, Nick; Holmes, Joshua; Parkinson, Sally; Stapley, Emily; Eatough, Virginia; Target, Mary
• Is Part Of: Psychotherapy research. Volume 26:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 21
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: adolescence -- depression -- expectations of therapy -- expectancies -- psychotherapy -- role/outcome; adolescenza -- depressione -- aspettative di terapia -- speranze -- psicoterapia -- ruolo / esito; Jugendliche -- Depression -- Therapieerwartungen -- Erwartungen -- Psychotherapie -- Rolle/ Outcome; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Research -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychothérapie -- Périodiques; Psychothérapie -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 616.891405
• DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.973922
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-3307

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To explore hopes and expectations for therapy among a clinical population of depressed adolescents.Method: As part of a randomized clinical trial, 77 adolescents aged 11–17, with moderate to severe depression, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. The interviews were analysed qualitatively using framework analysis.Results: The findings are reported around five themes: "the difficulty of imagining what will happen in therapy, " "the 'talking cure, '" "the therapist as doctor, " "therapy as a relationship, " and "regaining the old self or developing new capacities."Conclusions: Differing expectations are likely to have implications for the way young people engage with treatment, and failure to identify these expectations may lead to a risk of treatment breakdown.