Looking at the psychotherapy process as an intersubjective dynamic of meaning-making: A case study with discourse flow analysis

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-230

  Salvatore, Sergio ^a   Gelo, Omar ^a,b   Gennaro, Alessandro ^a   Manzo, Stefano ^a   Al Radaideh, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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EID: 77952998668     PISSN: 10720537     EISSN: 15210650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720531003765981     Document Type: Article

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