Single-session approaches to therapy: Time to review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-26

  Campbell, Alistair ^a  

^a Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

effectiveness; research; review; single session therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866861489     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/aft.2012.3     Document Type: Review

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