Psychotherapy without Foundations?’: Hermeneutics, Discourse and the End of Certainty

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 579-599

  Stancombe, John ^a   White, Susan ^b  

^a Cherry Tree Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contingency; narrative; postfoundationalism; research; therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542395765     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354398085001     Document Type: Article

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