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Therapy was not what I expected: A preliminary qualitative analysis of concordance between client expectations and experience of cognitive–behavioural therapy

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Pages 436-446 | Received 24 Jul 2009, Accepted 26 Jan 2010, Published online: 15 Jun 2010

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