Working with movement as a metaphor: Understanding the therapeutic impact of physical exercise from a gestalt perspective

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 383-390

  Reynolds, Frances ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; GESTALT THERAPY;

EID: 0030445351     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079608258716     Document Type: Article

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