The therapist's self in dialogical family therapy: Some ideas about not-knowing and the therapist's inner conversation

Family Process

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-495

  Rober, Peter ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Feelings and Context   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Inner Conversation; Therapist's Self

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EGO; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; EGO; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 30344436973     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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