Psychotherapy Research Needs Theory. Outline for an Epistemology of the Clinical Exchange

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-388

  Salvatore, Sergio ^a  

^a Psychological and Teaching Science ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Dynamics; Psychological theory; Psychotherapy process; Semiotic dialogical dialectical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051544139     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-011-9180-9     Document Type: Article

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