The role of narrative exposure therapy in cognitive therapy for traumatized refugees and asylum-seekers

A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 265-282

  Mueller, Martina ^a,b  

^a Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957377919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874318-24     Document Type: Chapter

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