The role of transference work, the therapeutic alliance, and their interaction in reducing interpersonal problems among psychotherapy patients with cluster c personality disorders

Psychotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-453

  Ryum, Truls ^a   Stiles, Tore C ^a   Svartberg, Martin ^a   McCullough, Leigh ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interpersonal problems; The therapeutic alliance; Transference work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER C PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE; TRANSFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651348495     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021183     Document Type: Article

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