A test of psychotherapists' and nontherapists' recognition of correct and incorrect process in managing client resistance.
Objective: Psychotherapist management of client resistance (i.e., opposition to change or the therapy process) has a significant impact on therapy outcomes. This study aimed at assessing psychotherapists' and nontherapists' abilities to recognise empirically supported correct and erroneous therapist...
| Published in: | Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1097 - 1108 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2023
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