What does it mean to 'drop out'of therapy? Many definitions of 'dropout'have been proposed,
but the most widely accepted is the client ending treatment without agreement of their …

The aim of this book is to encourage and support individuals and groups to carry out
grassroots research into counselling, counselling psychology, career counselling …

Online interventions are viewed as having great potential for reaching youth in distress, but
little is actually known about how well these interventions fit with young people's own …

The therapeutic alliance predicts dropout from psychological therapy, and ruptures in the
therapeutic alliance may also predict dropout, yet there is a dearth of research with …

Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise qualitative evidence on young
people's conceptualisation, utilisation and experiences of the therapeutic alliance in …

This article examined commonalities in adolescents' priorities for engagement with
psychological support in the context of contemporary youth culture in New Zealand. These …

Mobile phone text counselling offers an opportunity to engage young people via a familiar
and accessible medium. Interviews conducted with young people highlighted aspects of text …

Trust is central to successful therapeutic work with adolescents, but establishing trust can be
challenging, especially with adolescents with personality disorders. We present our …

Qualitative story completion (SC) research involves the novel qualitative application of a
technique previously used in quantitative research and clinical assessment, in which …

Background One in seven adolescents globally are affected by mental health conditions, yet
only a minority receive professional help. School-based mental health services have been …