Clients' and therapists' perceptions of intrasessional connection: An analogue study of change over time, predictor variables, and level of consensus

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-288

  Cooper, Mick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alliance; connection; experiential existential humanistic; process research; psychotherapy; therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861941301     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.647931     Document Type: Article

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