Countertransference feelings in one year of individual therapy: An evaluation of the factor structure in the Feeling Word Checklist-58

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-25

  Dahl, Hanne Sofie Johnsen ^a   Røssberg, Jan Ivar ^a,b   Bøgwald, Kjell Petter ^a   Gabbard, Glen O ^c   Høglend, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; countertransference; Feeling Word Checklist; personality disorder; suitability; therapeutic relationship; therapist feelings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

CHECKLIST; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84855423939     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.622312     Document Type: Article

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