Ferenczi’s “confusion of tongues” theory and the analysis of the incest trauma

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-53

  Rachman, Arnold Wm ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confusion of tongues; Ferenczi; Freud; Incest trauma; Theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008843418     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J032v07n01_02     Document Type: Article

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