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EMPIRICAL PAPER

Psychotherapy credibility ratings: Patient predictors of credibility and the relation of credibility to therapy outcome

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Pages 565-577 | Received 24 Apr 2013, Accepted 17 Sep 2013, Published online: 13 Nov 2013

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