Attachment style and its relationship to working alliance in the supervision of British clinical psychology trainees

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-330

  Dickson, Joanne M ^a   Moberly, Nicholas J ^b   Marshall, Yehuda ^c   Reilly, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment Processes; Attachment Theory; Clinical Supervision; Training; Working Alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960451110     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.715     Document Type: Article

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