A genuinely developmental theory of sexual enjoyment and its implications for psychoanalytic technique

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-36

  Fonagy, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; ORGASM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ORGASM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 41649089807     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065107313025     Document Type: Article

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