The therapist's imagination of self in relation to clients: Beginning ideas on the flexibility of empathic imagination

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Flaskas, Carmel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empathic imagination; Empathy; Therapeutic relationship; Therapist's use of self

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349088665     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.30.3.147     Document Type: Article

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