Counselor wellness and client outcomes

Client outcome research focuses primarily on three
specific aspects of therapy: therapist technique,
client behaviors and therapeutic interaction.
Counselor specific contributions to the therapeutic
process are called therapist characteristics and may
be an innovative way to assess how counselors impact
clients'' outcomes in counseling. For the purposes of
this study administering the Five Factor Wellness
Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome
Questionnaire to master s level student counselors
assessed therapist characteristics. The Outcome
Questionnaire was administered to clients at a
community-counseling clinic at two points and a
delta score was calculated to create the
variable client outcome. To test the
research hypotheses, 70 master s level counseling
students completed both the Five Factor Wellness
Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome
Questionnaire. These scores were then matched with
master s level counseling students client delta
scores, which created the dependent variable.
Results of the study were summarized and discussed,
limitations of the study were explored and
recommendations for future research were proposed.

Autorentext
Elizabeth R. O'Brien, Ph. D., is an Assistant Professor of counselor education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Her professional experiences include working as a marriage and family counselor in private practice and working with children in elementary, middle, high and alternative schools.

Klappentext
Client outcome research focuses primarily on three specific aspects of therapy: therapist technique, client behaviors and therapeutic interaction. Counselor specific contributions to the therapeutic process are called therapist characteristics and may be an innovative way to assess how counselors impact clients' outcomes in counseling. For the purposes of this study administering the Five Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome Questionnaire to master's level student counselors assessed therapist characteristics. The Outcome Questionnaire was administered to clients at a community-counseling clinic at two points and a delta score was calculated to create the variable "client outcome." To test the research hypotheses, 70 master's level counseling students completed both the Five Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome Questionnaire. These scores were then matched with master's level counseling students' client delta scores, which created the dependent variable. Results of the study were summarized and discussed, limitations of the study were explored and recommendations for future research were proposed.