Levels of sameness: Understanding 'resistance' at the level of the therapeutic system

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-311

  Cullin, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Family therapy; Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Resistance; Therapeutic system

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249118701     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753630802164438     Document Type: Article

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