Systemic attachment theory and therapeutic practice: A proposal

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-90

  von Sydow, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDEOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 14644423280     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.322     Document Type: Review

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