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Record 1 2009-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

In counseling, the client's state of possessing two opposing feelings or attitudes about self, another person, an object, or an experience; a transitional stage in the client's therapeutic movement toward openness and acceptance; mixed feelings of one person toward another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Présence simultanée dans la relation à un même objet, de tendances, d'attitudes et de sentiments opposés, par excellence l'amour et la haine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Dinámica de grupos
  • Psicología clínica
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