Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for depressive symptoms: an exploratory examination of therapist behaviours and their relationship to outcome and therapeutic alliance

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 625-639

  Schneider, Luke H ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a   Faller, Y Nichole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; Internet delivered cognitive behaviour therapy; online communication; therapeutic process; therapist behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84976548387     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465816000254     Document Type: Article

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