Treatment engagement: Building therapeutic alliance in home-based treatment with adolescents and their families

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-55

  Thompson, Sanna J ^a   Bender, Kimberly ^a   Lantry, Janet ^a   Flynn, Patrick M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family based treatment; High risk youth; Therapeutic alliance; Treatment engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249907535     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-007-9030-6     Document Type: Article

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