Are There Positive Emotions in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy or Is It All Freude-less?

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-221

  de Roten, Yves ^a   Drapeau, Martin ^b   Michel, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

affect; pleasure; positive emotion; psychoanalysis; relationship regulation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THINKING;

EID: 45449084230     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0479.18.2.207     Document Type: Article

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