Emotionally focused therapy for couples and attachment theory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-89

  Crawley, Jim ^a   Grant, Jan ^b  

^a Curtin University ^*  (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 19944401193     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1467-8438.2005.tb00647.x     Document Type: Review

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