The effect of therapist experience on psychotherapy outcomes

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 417-426

  Leon, Scott C ^a   Martinovich, Zoran ^b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^c   Lyons, John S ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 31744448586     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.473     Document Type: Article

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