Strengthening the strengths perspective: An integrative relational approach

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 57-78

  Ornstein, Eric D ^a   Ganzer, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Illinois Dept of Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclical psychodynamics; Relational perspective; Strengths perspective; Transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008796822     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J032v07n03_05     Document Type: Article

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