Soothing the threatened brain: Leveraging contact comfort with emotionally focused therapy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Susan M ^a   Moser, Melissa Burgess ^a   Beckes, Lane ^b   Smith, Andra ^a   Dalgleish, Tracy ^a   Halchuk, Rebecca ^a   Hasselmo, Karen ^c   Greenman, Paul S ^d   Merali, Zul ^e   Coan, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^e ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COUPLES THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84894241088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079314     Document Type: Article

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