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Pretreatment Expectations of New Zealand Clients Receiving Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy: Comparison With a North American Sample

Department of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

A study of New Zealand clients' expectations of psychotherapy was conducted using the Psychotherapy Questionnaire (PQ). The PQ was administered to 141 New Zealand clients attending their first appointment with a clinical psychologist. The New Zealand clients' expectations were compared to previous research using a sample of USA clients who also completed the PQ prior to their first visit with a therapist. Those differences between the NZ and USA samples were consistent with previous research comparing the expectations of non-American samples. In general the NZ sample expected to be more passive in therapy than the USA sample and did not expect to have to discuss difficult or uncomfortable topics. Despite these differences there were suggestions that NZ and USA clients may have more similarities than differences with regard to their expectations about psychotherapy.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 2, 138-149 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409203800207


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