Does the alliance cause good outcome? Recommendations for future research on the alliance

Psychotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-285

  Crits Christoph, Paul ^a   Gibbons, Mary Beth Connolly ^a   Hearon, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Outcome; Training

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748987901     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.43.3.280     Document Type: Review

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