Role-playing and dramatic improvisation as an assessment tool

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-243

  Forrester, Alice M ^a  

^a Natl Assoc Drama Therapy (NADT)   (United States)

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EID: 0034347847     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0197-4556(00)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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