Saying goodbye: Exploring attachments as a therapist leaves a group of chronically ill persons

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-303

  Stone, Walter N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW;

EID: 15944373475     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.55.2.281.62187     Document Type: Review

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