The self-characterization as a narrative tool: Applications in therapy with individuals and families

Family Process

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-94

  Androutsopoulou, Athena ^a,b  

^a Lab for the Stud of Hum Relations   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035286882     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2001.4010100079.x     Document Type: Article

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