Possible selves as mechanisms of change in therapy

Possible Selves: Theory, Research and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 187-204

  Dunkel, Curtis S ^a   Kelts, Daniel ^a   Coon, Brian ^b  

^a Illinois Central College   (United States)

^b Central Illinois Center for the Treatment of Addictions   (United States)

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