Transference interventions and the process between therapist and patient

Psychotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-269

  Ulberg, Randi ^a   Amlo, Svein ^b   Critchfield, Kenneth L ^c   Marble, Alice ^d   Høglend, Per ^d  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

In session process; Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic; Psychotherapy; Test development; Transference interpretations; Transference Work Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TRANSFERENCE; TRANSFERENCE WORK SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901839736     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034708     Document Type: Article

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