Transformational Affects and Core State in AEDP: The Emergence and Consolidation of Joy, Hope, Gratitude, and Confidence in (the Solid Goodness of) the Self

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-190

  Russell, Eileen ^a   Fosha, Diana ^a  

^a AEDP Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

AEDP; healing; positive affect; resilience; transformation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED EXPERIENTIAL DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; ADAPTATION; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEAR; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HEALING; HOPE; HUMAN; LOVE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHAME;

EID: 45449098279     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0479.18.2.167     Document Type: Article

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