Acceptance and commitment therapy with survivors of adult sexual assault: A case study

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-259

  Burrows, Caroline J ^a  

^a Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault   (Australia)

Author keywords

acceptance and commitment therapy; rape and trauma; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84878060655     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650113479652     Document Type: Article

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