Therapeutic communities, family therapy, and humanistic psychology: History and current examples

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-332

  Soyez, Veerle ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contextual therapy; Family therapy; Substance abuse treatment; Therapeutic communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944482092     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167805277105     Document Type: Article

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