Coherence, complexity, and information flow: Self-organizing processes in psychotherapy

Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 335-369

  Pincus, David ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923414004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139058544.012     Document Type: Chapter

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