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Honorary Paper

On the future of psychodynamic therapy research

Sul futuro della ricerca nella terapia psicodinamica

心理動力取向治療的未來研究

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Pages 309-320 | Received 13 Oct 2014, Accepted 01 Dec 2014, Published online: 06 Jan 2015

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