In search of a framework for the treatment of alexithymia

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-97

  Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Verhaeghe, Paul ^a   Desmet, Mattias ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952733451     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: 20448341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608310X520139     Document Type: Article

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