Testing a Model of Change in the Experiential Treatment of Depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1055-1066

  Pos, Alberta E ^a   Greenberg, Leslie S ^a   Warwar, Serine H ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

alliance; depression; emotional processing; experiential psychotherapy; psychotherapy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLIENT TASK SPECIFIC MEASURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCING SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL SESSION EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; THERAPIST SESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449161732     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017059     Document Type: Article

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