Can men talk about problems with weight? The therapeutic implications of a discourse analytic study

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Gillon, Ewan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body; counselling; discourse; eating; language; men; psychotherapy; weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870542928     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140312331384598     Document Type: Article

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