A qualitative analysis of the experience of change following therapy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A grounded theory exploration of the experience of negative change following treatment from an IAPT service
IRAS ID
166157
Contact name
C Hart
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 3 days
Research summary
Ninety five people have been identified on an IAPT (improving access to psychological therapies) database from a service in the South East of England, as having reliably deteriorated in their mental health following treatment, in the past year, according to their scores on outcome measures. These clients have agreed to be contacted for research according to IAPT records. They will be contacted by post, with the aim that 12 will agree to participate in an interview about their experience of therapy. The letter sent will include a stamped addressed envelope for the client to reply and will mention that they will receive a follow up telephone call once only to check if they want to take part. Inclusion criteria will be those who have reliably deteriorated on either the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 outcome measures and who have given consent to be contacted for research. Clients may be excluded on the basis of risk assessments recorded by IAPT, if they are considered to be vulnerable or ‘high risk’. The IAPT database also records which therapists worked with these clients and these therapists will also be contacted via phone or email to take part in an interview about negative change. The sample size of therapists may vary according to how many clients agree to participate.
REC name
London - Dulwich Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/0027
Date of REC Opinion
20 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion