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How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change?

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How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change? / Cairns, Victoria; Murray, Craig.
In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Vol. 43, No. 3, 05.2015, p. 342-359.

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Cairns, V & Murray, C 2015, 'How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change?', Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465813000945

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Cairns, V., & Murray, C. (2015). How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(3), 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465813000945

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Cairns V, Murray C. How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 2015 May;43(3):342-359. Epub 2013 Nov 11. doi: 10.1017/S1352465813000945

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Cairns, Victoria ; Murray, Craig. / How do the features of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy contribute to positive therapeutic change?. In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 2015 ; Vol. 43, No. 3. pp. 342-359.

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