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9 - Experiential Avoidance

from Section 2 - Transdiagnostic Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2018

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Fallon R. Goodman ,
Maria A. Larrazabal ,
John T. West  and
Todd B. Kashdan
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Bunmi O. Olatunji
Bunmi O. Olatunji
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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The Cambridge Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders , pp. 255 - 281
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Print publication year: 2019

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