Relationships among client and counselor agreement about the working alliance, session evaluations, and change in client symptoms using response surface analysis

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-367

  Cheri, Marmarosh ^a   Dennis, Kivlighan ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Session evaluation; Symptom change; working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871884135     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028907     Document Type: Article

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