Evolved minds and compassion in the therapeutic relationship

The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 106-142

  Gilbert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203099995-13     Document Type: Chapter

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