Countertransference and positive growth in social workers

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-30

  Gibbons, Sarah ^a   Murphy, David ^a   Joseph, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Positive growth; Posttraumatic growth; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951827999     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: 14653885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02650530903579246     Document Type: Article

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