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Incest and the idealized self: Adaptations to childhood sexual abuse

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  1. the Treatment Cancer for Incest and Abuse of the Karen Horney Clinic, USA

    Michelle Price C.S.W. (the Director, a facutly member and Supervisor, Clinical Supervisor, faculty member)

  2. the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center, USA

    Michelle Price C.S.W. (the Director, a facutly member and Supervisor, Clinical Supervisor, faculty member)

  3. Mt. Sinai Medical Center Rape Crisis Program, USA

    Michelle Price C.S.W. (the Director, a facutly member and Supervisor, Clinical Supervisor, faculty member)

  4. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, USA

    Michelle Price C.S.W. (the Director, a facutly member and Supervisor, Clinical Supervisor, faculty member)

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Price, M. Incest and the idealized self: Adaptations to childhood sexual abuse. Am J Psychoanal 54, 21–36 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741905

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