Early psychotherapy processes: An examination of client and trainee clinician perspective convergence

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-236

  Swift, Joshua ^a   Callahan, Jennifer ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68149103369     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.617     Document Type: Article

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