EXPLORING THE USE OF TOUCH IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC SETTING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL REVIEW

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Phelan, James E ^a  

^a Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

embodied psychotherapy; nonerotic touch; psychotherapy; touch

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PLAY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; TOUCH; TRANSFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 65249096736     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014751     Document Type: Article

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