Date of Award:
5-2002
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Thorana Nelson
Committee
Thorana Nelson
Committee
Scot Allgood
Committee
Brent Miller
Abstract
This was an exploratory study of 243 MFTs in the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. A majority (66%) reported that they had been in therapy at some time during their careers. The purposes of this research were to (a) find out how therapists effectively and ethically cope with stress, (b) find out more about the therapists who do not utilize therapy, and (c) find out what barriers therapists face in seeking therapy when they do need or desire it.
Effective coping strategies for stress included religious activities, exercise, and spending time with family and friends. Characteristics associated with not having been to therapy were being male, in a first marriage, Latter-day Saint, working in a for-profit agency with inpatient clients, licensed in Utah, and having at least three children. The most common barriers to seeking therapy were "I can handle my own problem(s) effectively enough without therapy" and "My problem(s) is/are not significant enough."
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Recommended Citation
Wood, Austin, "Therapists Who Do Not Seek Therapy: An Examination of Marriage and Family Therapists in Three Western States" (2002). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2668.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2668
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