Actualizing tendency: The link between person-centered and experiential psychotherapy and interdisciplinary systems theory;Aktulisierungs-tendenz: Das verbindungsglied zwischen PCEP und interdisziplinärer systemtheorie

Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-44

  Kriz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actualizing tendency; Emergence; Metaphors; Person centered approach; Phase transition; Self organization; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049469444     PISSN: 14779757     EISSN: 17529182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14779757.2007.9688426     Document Type: Article

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