Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy: Impact of Group Length and Therapist Professional Characteristics on Development of Therapeutic Alliance

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-433

  Lorentzen, Steinar ^a,b   Bakali, Jan Vegard ^b   Hersoug, Anne Grete ^a   Hagtvet, Knut A ^a   Ruud, Torleif ^a,c   Høglend, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Group Psychotherapy; Psychodynamic; Short and Long term Therapy; Therapeutic Alliance; Therapist Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866311874     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.758     Document Type: Article

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