Therapists' affective reactions to working with adult survivors of child sexual abuse: An exploratory study

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 17-41

  Knight, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030820336     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v06n02_02     Document Type: Article

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