How important are the common factors in psychotherapy? An update

World Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 270-277

  Wampold, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

alliance; Common factors; contextual model; cultural adaptation; empathy; expectations; psychotherapy; specific ingredients; therapist differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTEXTUAL MODEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MODEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84942525273     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20238     Document Type: Article

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