Twenty-nine psychotherapists received orientation about patients'
cultural background, expectations, and therapeutic needs. They treated 98
patients before orientation and 73 afterward, and a follow-up interview was
conducted 4-6 weeks after completion of therapy. The patients seen after
therapist orientation were more satisfied with the services, felt better
able to handle problems, were more likely to seek therapy for future
problems, and felt more strongly that their needs for clinic services had
been met than the patients seen by therapists before orientation. Analyses
of therapist experience, patients' ethnicity, and patients' orientation to
psychotherapy showed no significant interactions with patient
satisfaction.Abstract Teaser