Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches.

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Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches.

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Cognitive insight, cognitive defusion, social support, cognitive flexibility, and in turn improved metacognitive skills are considered to function as transdiagnostic mechanisms of change in therapy.
“Cognitive insight, cognitive defusion, social support, cognitive flexibility, and in turn improved metacognitive skills are considered to function as transdiagnostic mechanisms of change in therapy (123, 139–141).”
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Venue: American Psychological Association eBooks
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2012
DOI: 10.1037/13747-000
OpenAlex: W2500973114
Cited by: 171
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 11
FWCI: 14.43
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Psychological Association eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Keywords: psychotherapeutic change, corrective experiences, cognitive behavioral therapy, humanistic psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, therapeutic mechanisms

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