The therapeutic relationship: Implications from social cognition and transference

The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 63-89

  Miranda, Regina ^a   Andersen, Susan M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64649090564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203099995-11     Document Type: Chapter

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