Psychotherapy for social phobia: How do alliance and cognitive process interact to produce outcome?

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-94

  Hoffart, Asle ^a   Borge, Finn Magnus ^a   Sexton, Harold ^a   Clark, David M ^b   Wampold, Bruce E ^c  

^a Research Institute   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; anxiety; cognitive behavior therapy; interpersonal psychotherapy; process research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855468671     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.626806     Document Type: Article

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