Client attachment, attachment to the therapist and client-therapist attachment match: How do they relate to change in psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-406

  Wiseman, Hadas ^a   Tishby, Orya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

client attachment; client attachment to therapist; client therapist matching; outcome; psychodynamic psychotherapy; therapeutic relationship; therapist attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898540278     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.892646     Document Type: Article

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