Where do we go from here? The goal perspective in psychotherapy

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-365

  Michalak, Johannes ^a,b   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Goals; Motivation; Psychopathology; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34248381234     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Review

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