Enactment controversies: A critical review of current debates

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-38

  Ivey, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actualization; Analytic attitude; Containment; Countertransference; Enactment; Introspective expressive gradient; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CASE REPORT; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; FANTASY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 40749159199     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2007.00003.x     Document Type: Review

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