Therapeutic letters - changing the emotional schemas using: Writing letters to significant caregivers

Activitas Nervosa Superior Rediviva

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Prasko, Jan ^a,b,c,d   Diveky, Tomas ^a,b   Mozny, Petr ^e   Sigmundova, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Hospital Kromeriz   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Dissociation; Emotional processing; Emotional schemas; Personality disorders; Therapeutic letters; Therapeutic strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860124468     PISSN: 1337933X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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