Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychotherapy: A Dynamic Systems View of Change

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  Trop, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Burke, Melanie L ^c   Trop, Gabriel S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS   (United States)

^c Psychotherapy Private Practice   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Non linear; Practice; Psychoanalysis; Psychotherapy; Systems; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874112832     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-012-0403-4     Document Type: Article

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