The Psychotherapist as "Wounded Healer": A Modern Expression of an Ancient Tradition

On Becoming a Psychotherapist: The Personal and Professional Journey

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rice, Cecil A ^a  

^a Boston Institute for Psychotherapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Group psychotherapy; History of the wounded healer; Psychotherapist; Psychotherapy; Wounded healer

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EID: 84921727926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736393.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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