“We Are All Trying to Find a Way to Help Ourselves”: A Look at Self-Help Strategies Among Psychotherapy Clients

Objective: This study examined self-help strategies engaged by psychotherapy clients and explored their views on such self-help approach. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from a qualitative research study was conducted. A total of 15 psychotherapy clients were recruited, and data were collected v...

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Autores principales: Chang, Sherilyn, Sambasivam, Rajeswari, Seow, Esmond, Tan, Geoffrey Chern-Yee, Lu, Sharon Huixian, Assudani, Hanita, Chong, Siow Ann, Subramaniam, Mythily, Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.621085
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author Chang, Sherilyn
Sambasivam, Rajeswari
Seow, Esmond
Tan, Geoffrey Chern-Yee
Lu, Sharon Huixian
Assudani, Hanita
Chong, Siow Ann
Subramaniam, Mythily
Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit
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Sambasivam, Rajeswari
Seow, Esmond
Tan, Geoffrey Chern-Yee
Lu, Sharon Huixian
Assudani, Hanita
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Subramaniam, Mythily
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description Objective: This study examined self-help strategies engaged by psychotherapy clients and explored their views on such self-help approach. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from a qualitative research study was conducted. A total of 15 psychotherapy clients were recruited, and data were collected via semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis of data was conducted using inductive approach to examine the content. Results: Three main themes revolving around self-help strategies were identified: (1) types of self-help strategies, (2) reasons for engaging in self-help activities, and (3) effectiveness of self-help strategies. Conclusion: The self-help approach to manage distress is common among psychotherapy clients. This study provided insights into understanding how and why clients use self-help strategies in their daily lives.
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spelling pubmed-85291162021-10-22 “We Are All Trying to Find a Way to Help Ourselves”: A Look at Self-Help Strategies Among Psychotherapy Clients Chang, Sherilyn Sambasivam, Rajeswari Seow, Esmond Tan, Geoffrey Chern-Yee Lu, Sharon Huixian Assudani, Hanita Chong, Siow Ann Subramaniam, Mythily Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit Front Psychol Psychology Objective: This study examined self-help strategies engaged by psychotherapy clients and explored their views on such self-help approach. Methods: Secondary analysis of data from a qualitative research study was conducted. A total of 15 psychotherapy clients were recruited, and data were collected via semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis of data was conducted using inductive approach to examine the content. Results: Three main themes revolving around self-help strategies were identified: (1) types of self-help strategies, (2) reasons for engaging in self-help activities, and (3) effectiveness of self-help strategies. Conclusion: The self-help approach to manage distress is common among psychotherapy clients. This study provided insights into understanding how and why clients use self-help strategies in their daily lives. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8529116/ /pubmed/34690850 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.621085 Text en Copyright © 2021 Chang, Sambasivam, Seow, Tan, Lu, Assudani, Chong, Subramaniam and Vaingankar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Chang, Sherilyn
Sambasivam, Rajeswari
Seow, Esmond
Tan, Geoffrey Chern-Yee
Lu, Sharon Huixian
Assudani, Hanita
Chong, Siow Ann
Subramaniam, Mythily
Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit
“We Are All Trying to Find a Way to Help Ourselves”: A Look at Self-Help Strategies Among Psychotherapy Clients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.621085
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