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EMPIRICAL PAPER

The role of therapists' treatment adherence, professional experience, therapeutic alliance, and clients' severity of psychological problems: Prediction of treatment outcome in eight different psychotherapy approaches. Preliminary results of a naturalistic study

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Pages 420-434 | Received 06 May 2012, Accepted 15 Feb 2014, Published online: 01 Apr 2014

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