Critical incidents in the formation of the therapeutic alliance from the client's perspective

Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Bedi, Robinder P ^a   Davis, Michael D ^a,b   Williams, Meris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Client's perspective; Critical incident technique; Psychotherapy process; Therapeutic alliance; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUST; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 27644435710     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.42.3.311     Document Type: Article

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