Clinical utility of early memories as a predictor of early therapeutic alliance

Psychotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-109

  Pinsker Aspen, Janet H ^a   Stein, Michelle B ^a   Hilsenroth, Mark J ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Early memories; Object relations; SCORS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MODEL; NARRATIVE; OBJECT RELATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 34147171588     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.44.1.96     Document Type: Article

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