Clients' emotional processing in psychotherapy: A comparison between cognitive-behavioral and process-experiential therapies

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-159

  Watson, Jeanne C ^a,b   Bedard, Danielle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OISE/UT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCESS EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

EID: 33645354562     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.1.152     Document Type: Article

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