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Book Title: Coasting In The Countertransference: Conflicts Of Self Inter...
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Irwin Hirsch
Publication Name: Coasting in the Countertransference : Conflicts of Self Interest between Analyst and Patient
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2008
Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
