Patient's and Therapist's Views of Early Alliance Building in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Patterns and Relation to Outcome

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Kramer, Ueli ^a   de Roten, Yves ^a   Beretta, Véronique ^a   Michel, Luc ^a   Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dynamic psychotherapy; outcome; process study; shape of change; therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649137727     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.89     Document Type: Article

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