Is touch a valid therapeutic intervention? Early returns from a qualitative study of therapists' views

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-171

  Tune, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; interviews; qualitative research; supervision; touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOUCH;

EID: 4344682134     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140112331385020     Document Type: Article

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