Effectiveness of Individual Counselling Services on Substance Abuse Rehabilitees Behaviour Change: A Case Study of Asumbi Treatment Centre, Homabay, Kenya

Dick Jaduong’ Nyakomitta; Enose Makohka Wambulwa Simatwa; Lilian Chemutai Kimaiyo

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Effectiveness of Individual Counselling Services on Substance Abuse Rehabilitees Behaviour Change: A Case Study of Asumbi Treatment Centre, Homabay, Kenya

Dick Jaduong’ Nyakomitta, Enose Makohka Wambulwa Simatwa, Lilian Chemutai Kimaiyo

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 11, Issue 1)

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A study was under taken to establish the effectiveness of individual counseling services on substance abuse rehabilitees behaviour change at Asumbi Treatment Centre, Homa-bay Country Kenya. Substance abuse has increased greatly worldwide and has caused a significant proportion of the population eventually to get addicted posing a threat to their health and safety. The problem underlying this study is that, although there has been different counseling approaches in different rehabilitation centres meant for behaviour modification among substance abusers, very little change is known about their effectiveness. It has been noted that most substance abusers revert back to their previous behaviors after rehabilitation program due to insufficient psychological care during and after rehabilitation program causing relapse. To address this, the study therefore established the effectiveness of individual counseling services on substance abuse rehabilitees’ behavior change. The researcher adopted saturated sampling techniques and purposely selected 12 counselors and 48 clients for the study. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires for both counselors and clients. Mean rate was analyzed and t-test done and tabulated as frequencies, percentages and further interpreted and reported. The study established that there was no significant different (t (9) =0.131, p > 0.05) between the individual counseling core conditions mean rating hence it shows an effectiveness of individual counseling services was statistically significant on substance abuse rehabilitees behaviour change. To verify the effectiveness of the individual counseling the t-test was used to find an indication of the difference in the effectiveness of individual counseling services on substance abuse rehabilitees behaviour change. It therefore, concluded that counselors and clients concurred that individual counseling to large extent influence positive behaviour change among the substance abuse rehabilitees as signified by the overall mean rating of 3.40 as per the study using core conditions such as congruence, empathetic understanding and unconditional positive regards.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 11, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20221101.14
Page(s)	28-35
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Counseling Services, Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Core Condition

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Dick Jaduong’ Nyakomitta, Enose Makohka Wambulwa Simatwa, Lilian Chemutai Kimaiyo. Effectiveness of Individual Counselling Services on Substance Abuse Rehabilitees Behaviour Change: A Case Study of Asumbi Treatment Centre, Homabay, Kenya. Am J Appl Psychol. 2022;11(1):28-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajap.20221101.14

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Dick Jaduong’ Nyakomitta

Department of Educational Psychology, Tom Mboya University College (A constituent College of Maseno University), Homabay, Kanya
Enose Makohka Wambulwa Simatwa

Department of Education Policy and Management, Tom Mboya University College (A constituent College of Maseno University), Homabay, Kenya
Lilian Chemutai Kimaiyo

Department of Educational Psychology, Tom Mboya University College (A constituent College of Maseno University), Homabay, Kanya

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