Alliance ruptures, impasses, and enactments: A relational perspective

Psychotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-387

  Safran, Jeremy D ^a   Kraus, Jessica ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance ruptures; Alliance focused therapy; Brief relational therapy; Enactments; Impasses

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE RUPTURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF RELATIONAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFLICT; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPASS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METACOMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPONSIBILITY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRANSFERENCE; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84905126309     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036815     Document Type: Article

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