Utilization of personal therapy by psychotherapists: A practice-friendly review and a new study

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 828-842

  Orlinsky, David E ^a   Schofield, Margot J ^b   Schroder, Thomas ^c   Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Personal therapy; Psychotherapists; Psychotherapy; Therapy utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE;

EID: 79960323205     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20821     Document Type: Article

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