Therapeutic alliance and treatment progress in couple psychotherapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-257

  Knobloch Fedders, Lynne M ^a   Pinsof, William M ^a   Mann, Barton J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COUPLES THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247884306     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2007.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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