The therapeutic construction of possible selves: Imagination and its constraints

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-166

  Buirs, Robin S ^a   Martin, Jack ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0031480030     PISSN: 10720537     EISSN: 15210650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720539708404619     Document Type: Article

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