Abstract
The present study identified and quantified five main barriers to treatment categories, deducted first from the qualitative dataset, then consolidated with the results of the quantitative dataset. Clinicians (N=36) that worked with youth and their families participated. The main findings suggested five parent themes (practical obstacles, poor alliance with the therapist, therapist's perceptions, socioemotional, and cultural) and seven concept groups (transportation, financial, logistical, attendance, therapeutic relationship, lack of communication, and lack of engagement). Implications provide strategies to ratify some of these barriers, such as gathering data on youth clients and their families. For the purposes of this study, the terms children, adolescents, and youth will be used interchangeably and will be defined as any individual under the age of 18.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dissertations (PsyD) -- Psychology; Behavior therapy for teenagers; Behavior disorders in adolescence
Date of Award
2015
School Affiliation
Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Department/Program
Psychology
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctorate
Faculty Advisor
Ho, Judy;
Recommended Citation
Rogers, Gimel, "Examining therapists' perceptions of barriers to treatment with youth and their families : a mixed methods study" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 570.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/570