Humility, empathy, and rebirth: The dynamics of Ferenczi's metapsychology

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 46-58

  Zausner, Tobi ^a  

^a C G Jung Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Compassion; Empathy; Ferenczi; Humility; Language; Metaphor; Mirroring; Pain; Parable; Phase space; Rebirth; Symbol; Transformation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242360741     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167803256979     Document Type: Article

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