Working alliance in adolescent outpatient therapy: Youth, parent and therapist reports and associations with therapy outcomes

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-74

  Hawley, Kristin M ^a   Garland, Ann F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent therapy; Outpatient community mental health; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349114366     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-008-9050-x     Document Type: Article

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