Researchers as unintended counsellors
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Several bibliotherapy participants perceived their brief interactions with research staff as a form of counselling. They frequently referred to researchers as “counsellors” or “teachers” and considered their time‐limited interactions to include validating questions and helpful encouragement to use the problem‐solving materials.Counselling was good, it was good to talk, being asked appropriate questions, and problems being understood [by researcher]. The most important difference counselling made [to my life] is that I met a guiding teacher [researcher]. This teacher said that we should read this book, it will help us, and we should follow this [book]… If I hadn't come to counselling, I wouldn't be able to think like that. 