An investigation of counselor interpretations in client-centered therapy

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-327

  Gazzola, Nicola ^a   Stalikas, Anastassios ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Client centered therapy; Counselor interpretations; In session client change; Therapeutic phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010448244     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPI.0000010886.33685.64     Document Type: Article

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