Psychotherapy: Contact of personal construct systems
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2146-9490
DOI: 10.5455/jcbpr.273998