Improving the efficacy of intervention for bereaved individuals: Toward a process-focused psychotherapeutic perspective

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 103-124

  Zech, Emmanuelle ^a   Ryckebosch Dayez, Anne Sophie ^b   Delespaux, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique FNRS   (Belgium)

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EID: 77956593641     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-50-1-2-103     Document Type: Article

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