Pretreatment patient characteristics related to the level and development of working alliance in long-term psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-180

  Hersoug, Anne Grete ^a   Høglend, Per ^a   Havik, Odd E ^b   von der Lippe, Anna ^a   Monsen, Jon Trygve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alliance; Process research; Psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349245582     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300802657374     Document Type: Article

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