A critique of relational psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-188

  Mills, Jon ^a,b,c  

^a Adler School of Graduate Studies   (Canada)

^b Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMMUNITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN RELATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NORTH AMERICA; OBJECT RELATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 18844405167     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.22.2.155     Document Type: Review

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