Identification and clarification of sudden gains and sudden losses in individual psychotherapy courses;Identifikation und aufklärung von veränderungssprüngen im individuellen psychotherapieverlauf

Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Tschitsaz Stucki, Armita ^a,b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nonlinear courses in psychotherapy; Patient focused research; Process research; Rating study; Sudden gains; Sudden losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849111773     PISSN: 16163443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443.38.1.13     Document Type: Article

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