Persuasion and Healing: A Comparative Study of Psychotherapy"Anyone treating patients or engaging in clinical research to develop new drug or psychosocial treatments should take a few hours to absorb, once again, the brilliance of Persuasion and Healing." -- American Journal of Psychiatry |
Contents
Who Receives Psychotherapy? | 12 |
What Are the Effects of Psychotherapy? | 19 |
The Conflictridden Assumptive World of a Miniature | 35 |
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