Recollections of a secure base in psychotherapy: Considerations of the real relationship

Psychotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-373

  Moore, Sarah R ^a   Gelso, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Client attachment; Psychotherapy; Real relationship; Secure base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219430     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022421     Document Type: Article

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