Dissociation, Narrative, and Exceptional Human Experiences

Broken Images, Broken Selves: Dissociative Narratives in Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 88-121

  White, Rhea A ^a  

^a Exceptional Human Experience Network   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203777787-11     Document Type: Chapter

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