Therapist perspectives on their dreams about clients: A qualitative investigation

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-95

  Spangler, Patricia ^a   Hill, Clara E ^a   Mettus, Carol ^b   Guo, Ashley Huajing ^a   Heymsfield, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Culture and psychotherapy; Dream work; Qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DREAM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 60449094772     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300802430665     Document Type: Article

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