Therapist heal thyself: Countertransference and the treatment of a battered woman

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 35-50

  Strawderman, Elizabeth T ^a   Rosen, Karen H ^b   Coleman, Jean ^b  

^a Prnc William Co Comm Serv Board   (United States)

^b Northern Virginia Graduate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THERAPY;

EID: 0030799035     PISSN: 08975353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J085V08N03_03     Document Type: Review

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