Conflict and repair in addiction treatment: An attachment disorder perspective

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-26

  Flores, Philip J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Attachment; Repair; Reunion; Rupture

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144453128     PISSN: 1556035X     EISSN: 15560368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J384v01n01_02     Document Type: Review

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