What a Man Wants: The Male Perspective on Therapeutic Alliance Formation

Psychotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-390

  Bedi, Robinder P ^a   Richards, Mica ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Masculinity; Men; Therapeutic alliance; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPT MAPPING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219427     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022424     Document Type: Article

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