The role of therapist experiential avoidance in predicting therapist preference for exposure treatment for OCD

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Scherr, Stephanie Rabin ^a   Herbert, James D ^a   Forman, Evan M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921059123     PISSN: 22121447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2014.12.002     Document Type: Note

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