Brief Therapy Based on Interrupting Ironic Processes: The Palo Alto Model

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-81

  Rohrbaugh, Michael J ^a,b   Shoham, Varda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Ironic processes; Strategic therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039271817     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.8.1.66     Document Type: Article

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