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EMPIRICAL PAPER

What interventions facilitate client progress through the assimilation model? A task analysis of interventions in the psychodynamic treatment of depression

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Pages 484-502 | Received 03 Jul 2013, Accepted 01 May 2014, Published online: 19 Jun 2014

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