Healing rituals for couples recovering from adultery

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-266

  Winek, Jon L ^a,b   Craven, Patricia A ^c  

^a Marriage and Family Therapy Program   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adultery; Healing rituals; Symbolic experiential couples therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037489770     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024518719817     Document Type: Review

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