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Supportive Psychotherapy: A Contradiction in Terms?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sydney Crown
Sydney Crown*
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The London Hospital, London E1 1BB
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Abstract

My title points to the basic paradox: if it is psychotherapy, can it be supportive? If it is supportive, can it be psychotherapy?

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 266 - 269
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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