What does it mean to be relational? A framework for assessment and practice

Family Process

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-405

  Silverstein, Rachelle ^a   Bass, Linda Buxbaum ^b   Tuttle, Amy ^c   Knudson Martin, Carmen ^a   Huenergardt, Douglas ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Couples Therapy; Gender; Relational Therapy; Social Context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE;

COUPLES THERAPY; CULTURE; EGO; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 33750272362     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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