Psychotherapists' experience with clients who engage in consensual sadomasochism: A qualitative study

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-85

  Lawrence, Anne A ^a   Love Crowell, Jennifer ^a  

^a Argosy University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASOCHISM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SADISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASOCHISM; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SADISM;

EID: 42049119189     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701620936     Document Type: Article

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