Insecure Attachment States: Their Relationship to Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders and Treatment Process in Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-154

  Jellema, Anna ^a,b  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Psychology Partnership   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042742772     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0879(200005)7:2<138::AID-CPP231>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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