Practitioner Report Treatment of Choking Phobia by Targeting Traumatic Memories with EMDR: A Case Study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 264-269

  De Jongh, Ad ^a   Broeke, Erik Ten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ctr Psychother and Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001842462     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199812)5:4<264::aid-cpp176>3.3.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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