An empirically supported psychoanalysis: The case of giovanna

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-218

  Lingiardi, Vittorio ^a   Gazzillo, Francesco ^a   Waldron, Sherwood ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Defense mechanisms; Personality assessment; Psychoanalytic process; Therapeutic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 77952930367     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019418     Document Type: Article

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