Embodying the mind: Movement as a container for destructive aggression

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Twemlow, Stuart W ^a,b   Sacco, Frank C ^c   Fonagy, Peter ^d,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^c Health Resources in Action   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTOREGULATION; DESTRUCTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; VIOLENCE; YOGA;

EID: 40949088639     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.1     Document Type: Review

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