Significance and complexity of early phases in the development of the Co-therapy relationship

Group Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 294-305

  Dugo, James M ^a,b   Beck, Ariadne P ^a  

^a Meadows Campus ^*  (United States)

^b Illinois School of Professional Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 23744500001     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.1.4.294     Document Type: Article

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