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Psychotherapy Research and the Challenge to Existential Therapeutic Practice

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2004-01-01

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Viagra for the Brain: Psychotherapy Research and the Challenge to Existential Therapeutic Practice. (2004). Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, 15(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.65828/t5yqkd75
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