Touch in therapy: An effort to make the unknown known

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 179-196

  Pinson, Bassya ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychoanalytic; Supportive touch; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SAFETY; TOUCH;

EID: 1842627745     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020545010081     Document Type: Review

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