Between women: The mother-daughter romance and homoerotic transference in psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-494

  Burch, Beverly ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EROTISM; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LOVE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 0030458815     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0079706     Document Type: Review

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