A naturalistic longitudinal evaluation of counselling in primary care

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This study evaluated the effectiveness of generic counselling in a primary healthcare setting during three months of counselling and followed up the patients' progress after counselling had finished for the next twenty-one months. Questionnaires were completed by patients within the Dorset Primary Care counselling service on referral to counselling and at set points afterwards. A naturally occurring waiting-list group was compared with patients receiving counselling at baseline and three months. Measurements were taken of patients' psychiatric symptomatology, quality of life (QOL) and self-esteem. Patients who received counselling made highly significant improvements compared with those on the waiting list. These improvements were maintained throughout the long-term follow-up. This would indicate that generic counselling has positive effects that can be maintained for a long period of time after counselling has been completed.

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Baker, R., Baker, E., Allen, H., Golden, S., Thomas, P., Hollingbery, T., … Gibson, S. (2002). A naturalistic longitudinal evaluation of counselling in primary care. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 15(4), 359–373. https://doi.org/10.1080/0951507021000050195

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