Re-establishing contact: A qualitative exploration of how therapists work with alliance ruptures in adolescent psychotherapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-245

  Binder, Per Einar ^a   Holgersen, Helge ^a   Høstmark Nielsen, Geir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

adolescence; psychotherapy; ruptures; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249087252     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140802363167     Document Type: Article

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