Narrative therapy pathways for re-authoring with parents of adolescents coming-out as lesbian, gay, and bisexual

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-69

  Saltzburg, Susan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coming out to parents; Family therapy; Lesbian and gay adolescents; Narrative therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249865602     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-007-9035-1     Document Type: Article

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