A research agenda for humanistic psychotherapy in the 21st century

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 106-120

  Vermeersch, David A ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention of deterioration in psychotherapy; Psychotherapy research; Research designs; Research in experiential psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037703615     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167803043003009     Document Type: Review

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