The path to a secure bond: Emotionally focused couple therapy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-609

  Johnson, Susan M ^a   Greenman, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Couple therapy; Emotion; Emotionally focused therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MARITAL THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 33646258987     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20251     Document Type: Article

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