'Venturing Towards the Dark Side': The Use of Imagery Interventions by Recently Qualified Cognitive-Behavioural Therapists

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 591-603

  Bell, Tobyn ^a   Mackie, Lynn ^b   Bennett Levy, James ^c  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBT Training; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Imagery; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA); Therapist Skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957955964     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1920     Document Type: Article

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