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Mental Health, Religion & Culture Volume 25, 2022 - Issue 3: Adversity, religious change and mental wellbeing. Guest Editors: Kate M. Loewenthal, Christopher Alan Lewis and Simon Dein
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Religious change and post-traumatic growth following EMDR trauma therapy

Kate Miriam Loewenthala Psychology Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK;b Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK;c New York University in London, London, UK;d University of Chester, Chester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 380-387 | Received 31 Jul 2021, Accepted 06 Dec 2021, Published online: 04 Feb 2022

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