Clients' experiences of obstructive silence: Integrating conscious reports and analytic theories

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 221-244

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; qualitative; resistance; silence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0347485453     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015307311143     Document Type: Review

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