Affirming 'That's not psycho-analysis!' On the value of the politically incorrect act of attempting to define the limits of our field

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Blass, Rachel B ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definition of psychoanalysis; Pluralism; Psychoanalytic identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149170357     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: 17458315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2009.00211.x     Document Type: Review

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