Repairing Alliance Ruptures

Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Evidence-Based Responsiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Safran, Jeremy D ^a   Christopher Muran, J ^b   Eubanks Carter, Catherine ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Alliance ruptures; Meta analysis; Therapy relationship; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921752150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737208.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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