The effects of the therapeutic alliance on the outcomes of individual and group psychotherapy with borderline personality disorder

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-436

  Marziali, Elsa ^a   Munroe Blum, Heather ^a   McCleary, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0000789066     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503309912331332841     Document Type: Article

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