The Relative Efficacy of Psychotherapy: Reassessing the Methods-Based Paradigm

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-343

  Staines, Graham L ^a  

^a Highland Park Medical Associates   (United States)

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EID: 57649230119     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.12.4.330     Document Type: Article

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