Prediction of Continuing Client Contact in a Brief-Treatment Campus Mental Health Agency

Abstract

The ability of the Counseling Readiness Scales to predict the number of sessions spent in short-term counseling or brief psychotherapy within a university mental health service was confirmed. Highly ready clients spent more time in both than those low on readiness. Significant positive correlations between number of sessions and rated improvement of clients within both short-term modes of treatment suggest the practical utility of measurement of readiness.