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J. M. G. Williams

J. M. G. Williams

J. M. G. Williams is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. His books include Cry of Pain: Understanding Suicide and Self Harm and (with Zindel Segal and John Teasdale) Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: a new approach to preventing relapse.
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