From plan to practice: A qualitative study of public mental health therapists' session-planning practices.

ABSTRACT: Therapists must dedicate considerable time to session plan to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) flexibly and with fidelity. It is unclear whether public mental health settings offer the structural and organizational support for therapists to engage in session planning and, therefore, whether they provide the necessary infrastructure for EBP implementation. In Fall 2022, 18 therapists working in public mental health settings in New York City were recruited through snowball sampling to participate in 90-min semistructured qualitative interviews. Therapists were prompted to review their session-planning practices using a chart-stimulated recall strategy; to describe structural, organizational, and individual barriers and facilitators to session planning; and to generate recommendation

SUBMITTER: Last BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889537 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature