Systemic therapeutic approaches with sexual minorities and their families

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 7-37

  Long, Janie K ^a   Bonomo, Josephine ^b   Andrews, Barbara V ^c   Brown, Jeremiah M ^a  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADAMS STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy; GLBTQ families; GLBTQ family therapy; GLBTQ mental health and counseling; Systemic family therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847414907     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v02n03_02     Document Type: Review

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