Attitudes and use of homework assignments in therapy: A survey of German psychotherapists

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 332-343

  Fehm, Lydia ^a   Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6944238515     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.419     Document Type: Article

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