The role of the therapist as the bridge between common factors and therapeutic change: More complex than congruency with a worldview

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Sprenkle, Douglas H ^a   Blow, Adrian J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247247787     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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