Collaborative Empiricism in Cognitive Therapy: A Definition and Theory for the Relationship Construct

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-61

  Tee, John ^a   Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Collaboration; Collaborative empiricism; Empiricism; Relationship; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952671530     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2010.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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