The alliance in context: Accomplishments, challenges, and future directions

Psychotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Horvath, Adam O ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliance; Psychotherapy process; Therapeutic relationship

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748999789     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.43.3.258     Document Type: Review

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