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Primary Adaptive Emotions in Emotion-Focused Therapy

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Goldman, R.N., Wise, I.C. (2019). Primary Adaptive Emotions in Emotion-Focused Therapy. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_201

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