Does an emotion-focused two-chair dialogue add to the therapeutic effect of the empathic attunement to affect?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages e86-e95

  Stiegler, Jan Reidar ^a,b   Molde, Helge ^a   Schanche, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Institutt for psykologisk rådgivning   (Norway)

Author keywords

emotion focused therapy; multiple baseline design; two chair dialogue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTION-FOCUSED THERAPY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTION-FOCUSED THERAPY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044309091     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2144     Document Type: Article

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