Brief Prescriptive Therapy in Two-plus-one Sessions: Initial Cases from the Clinic

Behavioural Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 161-175

  Barkham, Michael ^a  

^a MRC/ESRC Social and Applied Psychology Unit ^*

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EID: 84974449867     PISSN: 01413473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S014134730001613X     Document Type: Article

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