Therapeutic processes in virtual reality exposure therapy: The role of cognitions and the therapeutic alliance

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-257

  Meyerbröker, Katharina ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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