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HomePCTBill PowersPerceptual Control Theory (PCT) Applied to
Personality, Psychotherapy,
and Psychopathology

Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) Applied to
Personality, Psychotherapy,
and Psychopathology

December 21, 2011 WM Bill Powers, Method of Levels, Psychology & Mental Health

David M. Goldstein, John White, & William T. Powers (Dec 2011)

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