The process of personal change through reading fictional narratives: Implications for psychotherapy practice and theory

Humanistic Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-352

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a   Rattanasampan, Woraporn ^a   Sean Chaidaroon, Suwichit ^a   Stanley, Caroline ^a   Robinson, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 84864749694     PISSN: 08873267     EISSN: 15473333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873260903113501     Document Type: Article

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