Self-organization in psychotherapy testing the synergetic model of change processes

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Schiepek, Gu¨nter Karl ^a   Tominschek, Igor ^b   Heinzel, Stephan ^c  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Day Treatment Center Westend   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical instability; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Process outcome research; Self organization; Sudden gains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907187964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01089     Document Type: Article

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