What Happens When Therapists Feel Bored or Anxious? A Qualitative Study of Distracting Self-Awareness and Therapists' Management Strategies

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Williams, Elizabeth Nutt ^a   Polster, Devin ^b   Grizzard, M Brighid ^b   Rockenbaugh, Jeff ^b   Judge, Ann B ^b  

^a St Mary's College of Maryland   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Management strategies; Therapist distracting self awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0347193004     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021499526052     Document Type: Article

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