Aging matters: Humanistic and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy with elders with dementia

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-174

  Spalding, Matthew ^a   Khalsa, Puran ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elder care; Humanistic; Psychotherapy; Transpersonal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950992106     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167809341995     Document Type: Article

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