Evolutionary psychotherapy: Principles and outline

Genes on the Couch: Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-27

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Bailey, Kent G ^b   Mc Guire, Michael T ^c  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315783314-8     Document Type: Chapter

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