Use of the adult attachment interview to measure process and change in psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-643

  Steele, Howard ^a   Steele, Miriam ^a   Murphy, Anne ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Outcome research; Process research; Psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 77549084361     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300802609698     Document Type: Article

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