The role of follow-up counselling sessions in sustaining therapeutic gains among youths attending friendship bench sessions. A case of Kuwadzana 4 community.
- Author
- Nzeve, Nomatter P.
- Title
- The role of follow-up counselling sessions in sustaining therapeutic gains among youths attending friendship bench sessions. A case of Kuwadzana 4 community.
- Abstract
- The study aimed to explore the role of follow-up counselling sessions in sustaining therapeutic gains among youths attending Friendship Bench counselling sessions. The study will provide valuable insights on how follow-up counselling sessions contribute to maintaining therapeutic gains. Three objectives centred on the factors influencing follow-up counselling sessions, factors influencing follow-up counselling sessions and the improvements to strengthen follow-up counselling sessions. The study adopted a qualitative approach anchored on a case study as the design of the study. The study used In-depth Interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews as methods of data collection. The study utilized purposive sampling and snowball sampling. The research discovered that factors that are affecting follow-up counselling sessions in sustaining therapeutic gains among youths attending Friendship Bench sessions. Based on the study, the factors that were brought to light are as follows; social support, self-motivation, stigma, gender and therapeutic relationship. Moreover, the results of the study proved how beneficial follow-up counselling sessions are for helping youths maintain their therapeutic benefits. The study findings revealed on the improvement of school performance, boosting self-esteem, emotional support, prevention of relapse, addressing new concerns consolidation of progress and support as the experiences and perceptions of youths. The study recommended that government should develop polices and legislations that addresses unique challenges faced by youths in accessing mental health such as stigma. It also recommended, Friendship Bench that it should consider training elder male counsellors. The researcher recommends Social workers to collaborate with Friendship Bench Organization develop strategies to overcome such challenges and sustain their therapeutic gains.
- Date
- June 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Kuwadzana
- Counselling
- Therapeutic Gains
- Supervisor
- Mr. J. C. Magocha
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
- Media
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