Narrative lessons for the psychotherapist: Kafka's the metamorphosis

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 352-366

  Gans, Jerome S ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; GROUP DYNAMICS; LITERATURE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031822202     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1998.52.3.352     Document Type: Review

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