Essential processes in emotion-focused therapy

Psychotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-345

  Paivio, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Client experiencing; Emotional processing; Therapeutic tasks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EMOTION; EMOTION FOCUSED THERAPY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84883535050     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032810     Document Type: Article

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