A modest proposal: (Re)defining unconscious fantasy

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 541-574

  Erreich, Anne ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FANTASY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042303846     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2003.tb00643.x     Document Type: Review

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