Qualitative treatment evaluations
SAID, POSITIVE
Overall, 16 interview-based treatment evaluations were available for qualitative analysis (The six therapy evaluations from Mainz revealed a similar picture: Three reported they were satisfied with the treatment because it helped them fight less with their families, increase their insight into other people’s feelings, and reduce the urge to fight instead of seeking a solution for problems (e.g., “I learned to tell my friends I need a short break to calm down instead of quitting on them. This helped me not to lose them.”). Three indicated that they changed due to life-events and not therapy. Positive aspects included that therapists were more easy-going than therapists before, and that they could choose for themselves what they wanted to talk about rather than being told what to do. Negative aspects concerned the setting (having to come once a week) and “boring” diagnostic procedure. Similar to the Heidelberg sample, two adolescents did not remember the psychoeducation, and two indicated that they found it neither good nor bad. Three defined the word mentalizing as taking others’ perspectives; one said it was additionally about thinking about one’s own feelings. Most adolescents of both centers thought the scientific assessments were too long and they were annoyed by being asked “the same things twice”.