Chaos, Group Psychotherapy, and the Future of Uncertainty and Uniqueness

Group

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-32

  Brabender, Virginia ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Group psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042727742     PISSN: 03624021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007551120290     Document Type: Article

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