The relationship between interpersonal problems and the helping alliance

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-429

  Puschner, Bernd ^a   Bauer, Stephanie ^b   Horowitz, Leonard M ^c   Kordy, Hans ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Center for Psychotherapy Research   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Forsch fur Psychother Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helping alliance; Interpersonal problems; Long term psychotherapy; Psychotherapy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 17744389417     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20050     Document Type: Article

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