Advantages of heterogeneous therapy groups in the psychotherapy of the traumatically abused: Treating the problem as well as the person

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-342

  Nicholas, Mary ^b   Forrester, Alice ^a  

^a Inst for the Arts in Psychotherapy   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0032980403     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207284.1999.11732609     Document Type: Review

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