Supportive Psychotherapy: A Contradiction in Terms?
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 152 (2) , 266-269
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.2.266
Abstract
My title points to the basic paradox: if it is psychotherapy, can it be supportive? If it is supportive, can it be psychotherapy?Keywords
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