PROCESSES INVOLVED IN CLIENT-NOMINATED RELATIONSHIP BUILDING INCIDENTS: CLIENT ATTACHMENT, ATTACHMENT TO THERAPIST, AND SESSION IMPACT

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-390

  Janzen, Jennifer ^a   Fitzpatrick, Marilyn ^b   Drapeau, Martin ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

client attachment; therapeutic relationship; transference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449122536     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013310     Document Type: Article

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