Helping Clients Victimized by Intimate Partners Through Stages of Change: An Emotion-Focused Approach

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 41-48

  Leal, João ^a,b   Cunha, Carla ^a,b   Santos, Anita ^a,b   Salgado, João ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emotion focused therapy; Intimate partner violence; Psychotherapy; Stages of change model; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION-FOCUSED THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INJURY; PAIN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL VALUE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 85091754531     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: 15733564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10879-020-09474-4     Document Type: Article

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