Client and Therapist Attachment Styles and Working Alliance

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-165

  Bucci, Sandra ^a   Seymour Hyde, Annily ^b   Harris, Alison ^c   Berry, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Therapeutic alliance; Therapeutic relationships; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962016493     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1944     Document Type: Article

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