Seven ways that the concepts of attachment, mentalization and theory of mind transform family treatment

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-270

  Safier, Ellen J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0142031454     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.67.3.260.23437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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