Experienced Therapists' Approach to Psychotherapy for Adults With Attachment Avoidance or Attachment Anxiety

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-563

  Daly, Katherine D ^a   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; psychotherapy process; psychotherapy relationship; therapeutic distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449490875     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016695     Document Type: Article

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