The Therapeutic Functions Of Literature and Narrative

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2016-01-01

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The Therapeutic Functions Of Literature and Narrative. (2016). Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, 27(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.65828/pdp5je59
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