Building a meaning bridge: Therapeutic progress from problem formulation to understanding

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-180

  Brinegar, Meredith Glick ^a   Salvi, Lisa M ^a   Stiles, William B ^a   Greenberg, Leslie S ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

APES; Assimilation model; Case study; Insight; Meaning bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSIMILATION OF PROBLEMATIC EXPERIENCES SEQUENCE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745327081     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.2.165     Document Type: Article

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