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Katja Kuusisto
About me
Adjunct Professor in social work, University of Jyväskylä
Fields of expertise
Substance abuse and its treatment
Treatment effectiveness
Recovery, especially spontaneous recovery
Client's self-efficacy expectations and expectations towards treatment
Working alliance
Client's and therapist's gender, impact on client-therapist relationship
Quantitative, qualitative and triangulative research methods
University pedagogy, especially web-based learning, guidance, assessment
Project links
Research topics
social work: substance abuse treatment, therapists, clients, treatment effectiveness, recovery, social work with adults, therapeutic social work, legal issues
university pedagogy: web-based learning, blended learning, guidance, assessment
Research unit
Research fields
social work, social sciences, psychotherapy, psychology, university pedagogy