Feasibility and outcome of dialogical exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study with 25 outpatients

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 514-521

  Butollo, Willi ^a   König, Julia ^a   Karl, Regina ^a   Henkel, Christine ^a   Rosner, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

contact, PTSD; dialogical exposure; gestalt therapy; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901070089     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.851424     Document Type: Article

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