The "art" of interpreting the "science" and the "science" of interpreting the "art" of the treatment of borderline personality disorder

The Art and Science of Psychotherapy

Volumn 9780203943427, Issue , 2006, Pages 269-299

  Levy, Kenneth N ^a   Scott, Lori N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203943427     Document Type: Chapter

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