Psychoanalysis and qualitative psychology: Complementary or contradictory paradigms?

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-231

  Midgley, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discursive psychology; Free association narrative interview method; Qualitative interviewing; Transference and counter transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846369441     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qrp065oa     Document Type: Article

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