What does the therapist feel? countertransference with bulimic women with borderline personality disorder

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-42

  Russell, G ^a   Marsden, P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031768682     PISSN: 02659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1998.tb00421.x     Document Type: Article

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