The Two-Person Unconscious: Intersubjective Dialogue, Enactive Relational Representation, and the Emergence of New Forms of Relational Organization

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 576-617

  Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0000963676     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351699909534267     Document Type: Article

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