Incorporating Animal-Assisted Therapy into Psychotherapy: Guidelines and Suggestions for Therapists

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 167-206

  Fine, Aubrey H ^a  

^a California State Polytech Univ   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369484-3/50016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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