Idiosyncratic definitions and unsupported hypotheses: Rational emotive behavior therapy as pseudoscience

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-61

  Wessler, Richard L ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006784893     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238093     Document Type: Article

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