Social mentalities: Internal ‘social' conflict and the role of inner warmth and compassion in cognitive therapy

Genes on the Couch: Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 118-150

  Gilbert, Paul ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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