Incidence and impacts of psychotherapists' feelings toward their clients: A review of the empirical literature

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-375

  Harris, Alex H S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; STAFF TRAINING; STRESS;

EID: 0033398825     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079908254106     Document Type: Article

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