Prosody and empathic communication in psychotherapy interaction

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 687-701

  Weiste, Elina ^a   Peräkylä, Anssi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cognitive behavior therapy; emotion in therapy; psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy; qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84908496074     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.879619     Document Type: Article

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