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Productivity in Private Practice: Experiences and Best Practices of Mental Health Counselors

Pilger, Mark Christian
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5986-4071
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1717599729010745

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2024, Ph.D., Antioch University, Antioch Seattle: Counselor Education & Supervision.
The purpose of this study is to understand how mental health counselors in private practice conceptualize, approach, and manage productivity, including key strategies and best practices employed through a qualitative study of lived experience. Inclusion criteria for participant eligibility included being a licensed counselor with a degree from a CACREP-accredited counseling program, working primarily in a private practice setting, and with primarily adult clients. Nineteen participants (N = 19) met these criteria and were included in the study. A thematic analysis was utilized by a team of researchers, which resulted in seven primary themes. The primary themes relate to the meaning of productivity in private counseling practice, thoughts and feelings about productivity, process of productivity, goals and values for productivity, productivity challenges and barriers, resource management, and best practices related to productivity. Ultimately, given the diversity of counselor thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on productivity unearthed in the study—ranging from antipathy to struggle to beneficial embrace, as well as the seeming discomfort of talking about the phenomen —it is recommended dedicated attention, fresh discussion, and further research on the topic be pursued.
Stephanie Thorson-Olesen (Committee Chair)
Amanda Falkers (Committee Member)
Colin Ward (Committee Member)
96 p.
Counseling Education; Counseling Psychology; Mental Health; Psychology; Psychotherapy
counselor; private practice; productivity; thematic analysis

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  • Pilger, M. C. (2024). Productivity in Private Practice: Experiences and Best Practices of Mental Health Counselors [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1717599729010745

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pilger, Mark. Productivity in Private Practice: Experiences and Best Practices of Mental Health Counselors. 2024. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1717599729010745.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pilger, Mark. "Productivity in Private Practice: Experiences and Best Practices of Mental Health Counselors." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1717599729010745

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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