Touch: Its use in psychotherapy

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-62

  Strozier, Anne L ^a   Krizek, Claudette ^b   Sale, Kimberly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Tampa Psychoanalytic Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0038520039     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265053032000071457     Document Type: Review

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