Cognitive psychology and the biomedical foundations of writing therapy

Writing Cures: An Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 18-24

  Lowe, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203448182     Document Type: Chapter

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