Citation: Tracey Cockerton Tattersall, Nadja Rolli, Martin Butwell. Integrative child psychotherapy: discussion of a common core and unified theory approach[J]. AIMS Medical Science, 2024, 11(2): 181-209. doi: 10.3934/medsci.2024015
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