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Exploring Counselor's Perceptions When Using Outcome And Session Rating Scales In An Adult Residential Treatment Facility, Peter B. Weiss

Peter Weiss

A thesis presented to the Faculty of California State University, Stanislaus in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work. The purpose of this study was to explore counselors’ perceptions of session rating and outcome rating scales after applying these scales in treatment with clients in a residential mental health setting. Historically in the therapeutic field the client has played a familiar role of the helpless individual while the therapist is seen as the expert. This study was conducted under the premise that the client comes to therapy as a person who has the answers, …