Valuing clients' perspective and the effects on the therapeutic alliance: A randomized controlled study of an adjunctive instruction

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-26

  Flückiger, Christoph ^a,b   Del Re, A C ^b   Wampold, Bruce E ^b   Znoj, Hansjörg ^a   Caspar, Franz ^a   Jörg, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback intervention theory; Randomized controlled study; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; TRUST;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; TRUST;

EID: 84860797973     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023648     Document Type: Article

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