Client and counselor trainee attachment as predictors of session evaluation and countertransference behavior in first counseling sessions

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-309

  Mohr, Jonathan J ^a,b   Gelso, Charles J ^a   Hill, Clara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Client and therapist attachment; Counseling; Countertransference; First session; Session outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST;

EID: 23244437929     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.52.3.298     Document Type: Article

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