What clients find helpful in psychotherapy: Developing principles for facilitating moment-to-moment change

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-324

  Levitt, Heidi ^a   Butler, Mike ^a,b   Hill, Travis ^a,c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Hill Counseling   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Integrative; Principles; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 33746778787     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.3.314     Document Type: Article

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