The role of therapists' treatment adherence, professional experience, therapeutic alliance, and clients' severity of psychological problems: Prediction of treatment outcome in eight different psychotherapy approaches. Preliminary results of a naturalistic study

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 420-434

  Tschuschke, Volker ^a   Crameri, Aureliano ^b   Koehler, Miriam ^a   Berglar, Jessica ^a   Muth, Katharina ^a   Staczan, Pia ^a   Von Wyl, Agnes ^b   Schulthess, Peter ^c   Koemeda Lutz, Margit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Charta for Psychotherapy   (Switzerland)

^d Schulzahnklinik Nord   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

common therapeutic factors; professional experience; severity of psychological problems; specific therapeutic factors; treatment adherence; treatment alliance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ART THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ART THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929961327     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.896055     Document Type: Article

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