Countertransference in the treatment of adolescents and its manifestation in the therapist-patient relationship

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 621-630

  Tishby, Orya ^a   Vered, Miri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

CCRT method; countertransference; psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy; qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84857487604     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.598579     Document Type: Article

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