Pursuing a Unifying Paradigm for Psychotherapy: Tasks, Dialectical Considerations, and Biopsychosocial Systems Metatheory

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-349

  Anchin, Jack C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsychosocial; dialectical; plurality and unity; psychotherapy; systems metatheory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAOS THEORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYBERNETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 54849415025     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013557     Document Type: Article

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