Adaptive regression and countertransference mental activity

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-474

  Séguin, Marie Hélène ^a   Bouchard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030442746     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0079705     Document Type: Review

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