Humanism as a common factor in psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-449

  Wampold, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common factors; Humanism; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANISM; PAIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANISM; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84874488092     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027113     Document Type: Article

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