How to make practical use of therapeutic alliance research in your clinical work

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 361-380

  Hilsenroth, Mark J ^a   Cromer, Thomas D ^b   Ackerman, Steven J ^c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient Characteristics; Psychological assessment; Rupture; Technique; Therapeutic alliance; Therapist characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028716949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-792-1_22     Document Type: Chapter

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