Clients' experiences of moments of sadness in psychotherapy: A grounded theory analysis

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Henretty, Jennifer R ^a   Levitt, Heidi M ^a   Mathews, Susan S ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion in therapy; Experiential existential humanistic psychotherapy; Philosophical theoretical issues in therapy research; Process research; Psychotherapy; Qualitative research methods; Sadness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; SADNESS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AFFECT; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 46949087427     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300701765831     Document Type: Article

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