The personality and cognitive-epistemological traits of cognitive-behavioural and psychoanalytic psychotherapists

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-257

  Arthur, Andrew R ^a  

^a Chartered Clinical Psychologist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

EID: 6244280707     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711200160453     Document Type: Article

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