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The construct of Aesthetic Relational Knowing: a scale to describe the perceptive capacity of psychotherapists in therapeutic situations

Gestalt Theory
Volume 45 (2023): Issue 1-2 (August 2023)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2023-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2519-5808 | Journal ISSN: 0170-057X
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Language: English, German
Page range: 139 - 152
Published on: Aug 30, 2023
Published by: Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA)
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Keywords:
aesthetic relational knowing,
gestalt,
field,
phenomenology,
isomorphism
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