Supervising practitioners working with survivors of childhood abuse: Counter transference; secondary traumatization and terror

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-193

  Walker, Moira ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult survivors of childhood abuse; Counter transference; Secondary traumatization; Supervision; Trauma; Traumatic counter transference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 2642547261     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753630410001686753     Document Type: Article

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