What is a "Good Enough" termination?

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-594

  Gabbard, Glen O ^a  

^a Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349331184     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065109340678     Document Type: Article

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