Therapeutic alliance: The best synthesizer of social influences on the therapeutic situation? On links to other constructs, determinants of its effectiveness, and its role for research in psychotherapy in general

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 9-23

  Hentschel, Uwe ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication rules Brunswik's lens model; Early experiences; Internalized parental images; Therapeutic alliance; Transference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY; TRANSFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144367284     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300512331327001     Document Type: Article

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