Client-identified important events in psychotherapy: Interactional structures and practices

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-164

  Viklund, Erika ^a   Holmqvist, Rolf ^a   Nelson, Karin Zetterqvist ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Client's perspective; Conversation analysis; Disagreement; Important events; Psychotherapy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77951199602     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300903170939     Document Type: Article

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