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Truax, Charles B.; Wargo, Donald G. – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Rehabilitation Services Administration Grant RD-906 and Social and Rehabilitation Services Grant RT-13.
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Patients, Personality Change, Psychotherapy
Download full textCarkhuff, Robert R.; Truax, Charles B. – 1963
The authors examine the dimensions of effective psychotherapy in an attempt to determine common variables of theoretic models which seem successful. Three such variables are discussed at length--concreteness, intensity and intimacy, and ambiguity. Assuming that one is not born with good therapist skills, one must learn them. Research and its…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Counseling Theories, Helping Relationship
Truax, Charles B. – 1963
This paper describes by illustrative examples from therapeutic encounters the nine stages of an Intrapersonal Exploration (DX) scale. It is a revision of an earlier scale, based upon the theoretical conception of intrapersonal exploration as a sufficient antecedent condition for constructive personality change in psychotherapy. The scale is…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Personality Change
