Therapist-client sex: Clients' retrospective reports

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 504-509

  Somer, Eli ^a   Saadon, Meir ^b  

^a Maytal Israel Inst Treatm S   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033241046     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.30.5.504     Document Type: Review

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