Treating attachment injured couples with emotionally focused therapy: A case study approach

Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-77

  Naaman, Sandra ^a   Pappas, James D ^b   Makinen, Judy ^b   Zuccarini, Dino ^a   Johnson Douglas, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 17144399496     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.68.1.55.64183     Document Type: Article

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