Impact of exchanges and client-therapist alliance in online-text psychotherapy

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 370-377

  Reynolds, D'Arcy J ^a   Stiles, William B ^b   Bailer, A John ^b   Hughes, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878476884     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0195     Document Type: Article

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