Counseling Practice and its Effectiveness (The Case of Amanuel Mental Health Specialized Hospital and Jimma University Teaching Hospital)

Amanuel Tadesse Koya

doi:10.32861/ijwpds.57.64.70

Abstract

Counselors play a critical role in helping people who are experiencing mental or emotional problems to get their lives back on track. And it is one of the treatment options for mentally ill peoples for its deal with wellness, personal growth, and career, education, and empowerment concerns. The purpose of the study is to assess the practice of counseling and its effectiveness in Jimma University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and Amanuel Mental Health Specialized Hospital (AMHSH). It guided by mixed research design, quantitative and qualitative data about study variables was collected from 123 patients from both institutions, Qualitative data were analyzed by direct quotation according to the theme of the questions. Descriptive percentage and ANOVA analysis were used to analyze quantitative data. Descriptive statistics showed that there is a difference in the applications of counseling within the institution Analysis of ANOVA showed counseling is more effective in the treatment of depression and substance abuse. The difference in counseling provision in both institutions is also supported by qualitative analysis of the data. So, JUTH has to incorporate counseling service in the part of treatment, and AMUSH has to work on addressing a huge number of in need patients by expanding the institution.

Highlights

Counseling, in different forms and with different interpretations, has existed in societies for a long time
The effectiveness of counseling to treat mental illness will be analyzed using inferential statistics independent t-test and the difference of different types of mental illness will be analyzed by ANOVA, depending on the number of groups in the study and comparison between the two institutions will be analyzed by Mann Whitney independent t-test
In the provision of counseling service the head of the clinic said: "We provide counseling service for all of our patients

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Introduction

Counseling, in different forms and with different interpretations, has existed in societies for a long time. Counselors work in areas that involve a plethora of issues including those that are personal and those that are interpersonal. These areas include concerns related to finding meaning, adjustment, and fulfillment in mental and physical health and the achievement of goals in such settings as work and school. The use of counseling as a way of responding to people in distress has grown rapidly in recent years. While it has proven popular with many people, the rapid growth of counseling has generated some disquiet and numerous questions (Feltham, 1999)

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