USE OF PHYSICAL TOUCH IN THE "TALKING CURE": A JOURNEY TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-404

  Bonitz, Verena ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; history of psychology; psychotherapy; touch

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56449125018     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013311     Document Type: Review

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