Sexual addiction and marriage and family therapy: Facilitating individual and relationship healing through couple therapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Bird, Mark H ^a  

^a Sante Center for Healing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COUPLES THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES;

EID: 33748069774     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01608.x     Document Type: Article

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