Helping them "get their act together?" An action theory approach on treatment termination with patients suffering from personality disorders

Terminating Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 363-381

  Shahar, Golan ^a,b   Horesh, Netta ^c   Cohen, Guina ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84917090370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203934128     Document Type: Chapter

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