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SPECIAL SECTION: RELATEDNESS & SELF-DEFINITION: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SIDNEY BLATT

Predictors of sustained therapeutic change

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Pages 37-54 | Received 17 Dec 2008, Accepted 12 Jun 2009, Published online: 15 Sep 2009

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