Partners in thought: A clinical process theory of narrative

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 701-731

  Stern, Donnel B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Dissociation; Enactment; Interpersonal; Narrative; Not me; Relational; Self; Self state; Transference; Trauma; Witness

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INJURY; NARRATIVE; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION; THINKING; WITNESS;

EID: 68549136868     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2009.tb00410.x     Document Type: Review

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