A Step Toward Disentangling the Alliance/Improvement Cycle in Family Therapy

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-124

  Friedlander, Myrna L ^a   Lambert, Jessica E ^a   de la Peña, Cristina Muñiz ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

family therapy; observational rating; therapeutic alliance; working alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649135445     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.118     Document Type: Article

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