Sexuality and attachment from a clinical point of view

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-164

  Laschinger, Bernice ^a   Purnell, Chris ^b   Schwartz, Joseph ^b   White, Kate ^b   Wingfield, Rachel ^b  

^a Ctr Attachtment Based Psychoanaly   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Clinical issues; Erotic transference countertransference; Sexuality; Social construction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EROTISM; FANTASY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EROTICA; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 4043161522     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730410001688194     Document Type: Article

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