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Discovering Chronic Sorrow: An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Journey With Art Therapy and Metaphor (À la découverte du chagrin chronique : un voyage autoethnographique fondé sur les arts puisant à l’art-thérapie et la métaphore)

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