Therapists’ approaches to the normative challenges of dual-earner couples: Negotiating outdated societal ideologies

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 91-120

  Haddock, Shelley A ^a,b   Bowling, Stephanie Weiland ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Center for Family and Couple Therapy   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual earner couples; Family therapy practice; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141633081     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J086v13n02_06     Document Type: Article

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