Pattern destabilization and emotional processing in cognitive therapy for personality disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Hayes, Adele M ^a   Yasinski, Carly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative networks; Cognitive therapy; Dynamic systems; Personality disorders; Psychotherapy research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926474328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00107     Document Type: Article

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