Building a home in nature: An innovative framework for practice

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-279

  Berger, Ronen ^a  

^a Nature Therapy Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Nature; Nature therapy; Ritual; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249103032     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167807306990     Document Type: Article

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