Children's expectations and experiences of psychodynamic child psychotherapy

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-193

  Carlberg, Gunnar ^a   Thorén, Agneta ^a   Billström, Susanna ^a   Odhammar, Fredrik ^a  

^a The Erica Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child's testimony; Clinically based study; Interview; Narrative; Qualitative research; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 74749103974     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: 14699370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00754170902996130     Document Type: Article

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