Reflexivity and its radical form: Implications for the practice of humanistic psychotherapies

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-58

  Rennie, David L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freedom of will; Humanistic psychotherapies; Moral evaluation; Motivation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33947508580     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: 15733564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10879-006-9035-8     Document Type: Article

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