The therapeutic use of pets in private practice

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-521

  Sacks, Anita ^a,b,c  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research IPTAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Corrective emotional experience; Human pet; Psychotherapy; Transference; True and false self

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; LOVE; OBJECT RELATION; PET THERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 54249147382     PISSN: 02659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2008.00103.x     Document Type: Review

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