Revisiting Bordin's theory on the therapeutic alliance: Implications for family therapy

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-269

  Johnson, Lee N ^a   Wright, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Psychoanalytic theory; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141755285     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015395223978     Document Type: Review

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