The promotion and use of strong feelings in psychotherapy

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-53

  Mahrer, Alvin R ^a   Fairweather, David R ^b   Passey, Sangeeta ^b   Gingras, Normand ^b   Boulet, Donald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033249027     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167899391005     Document Type: Article

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