Experiential congruence: Qualitative analysis of client and counsellor narrative accounts of significant events in time-limited person-centred therapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-32

  Grafanaki, Soti ^a   McLeod, John ^b  

^a SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

client experience; congruence; counsellor experience; narrative; person centred counselling; qualitative research; therapy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIENT CENTERED THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; COUNSELOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE;

EID: 2442552142     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140212331384958     Document Type: Article

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