"Better strangers": Using the relationship in psychotherapy for adult patients with Asperger Syndrome

Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-493

  Ramsay, J Russell ^a   Brodkin, Edward S ^a   Cohen, Mary R ^a   Listerud, John ^a   Rostain, Anthony L ^a   Ekman, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Kognitiv Beteendeterapi Teamet I VastSverige   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Asperger syndrome; Cognitive behavior therapy; Psychotherapy; Social skills; Therapeutic relationship

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33745108238     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.42.4.483     Document Type: Review

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