Date
3-21-2025
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD)
Chair
Gail Roaten
Keywords
ADHD, clinical mental health counselor, interventions, parent, psychoeducation, support
Disciplines
Counseling
Recommended Citation
Couser, Mariah Elizabeth, "A Qualitative Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study with Parents of a Child with ADHD and Their Lived Experiences with Their Child’s Clinical Mental Health Counselor" (2025). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6576.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6576
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative hermeneutical phenomenological study was to understand the lived experiences of parents with a child who has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive/Impulsive Disorder (ADHD) with their child’s clinical mental health counselor. There are over 6.5 million children diagnosed with ADHD within the United States, and it continues to grow every day. Within the current literature, there is a lack of understanding of what parents of children with ADHD need from their child’s clinical mental health counselor to help reduce their parental stress levels. The theoretical framework guided the hermeneutic phenomenology study, aimed to discover themes and subthemes, focused on the parent’s lived experiences of having their child see a clinical mental health counselor.
