Client-therapist agreement on target problems, working alliance, and counseling outcome

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-88

  Busseri, Michael A ^a,b   Tyler, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344656641     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptr/kph005     Document Type: Article

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