Patients' views of therapeutic action in psychoanalytic group psychotherapy

Group Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-142

  Johansson, Lena ^a   Werbart, Andrzej ^b,c  

^a Stockholm County Council ^*  (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Psychotherapy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Group psychotherapy; Hindering factors; Patients' view; Therapeutic action; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949090521     PISSN: 05333164     EISSN: 1461717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0533316409104361     Document Type: Article

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