Focusing the therapist's attention on the patient's strengths: A preliminary study to foster a mechanism of change in outpatient psychotherapy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 876-890

  Flückiger, Christoph ^a   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanism of change; Patient strengths; Process outcome; Resource activation; Resource priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049105847     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20493     Document Type: Article

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