Working with the future: a psychodynamic–integrative approach to treatment

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4 - Working with the future: a psychodynamic–integrative approach to treatment

from Section 2 - The self in treatment frameworks

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016

Golan Shahar and

Edited by

Guy Doron ,

Maja Nedeljkovic and

Foreword by

Michael Kyrios: Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Richard Moulding: Affiliation:
Deakin University, Victoria
Guy Doron: Affiliation:
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Sunil S. Bhar: Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
Maja Nedeljkovic: Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
Mario Mikulincer: Affiliation:
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel

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