Mindfulness-Based Relationship Enhancement (MBRE) in Couples

Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 309-331

  Carson, James W ^a   Carson, Kimberly M ^a   Gil, Karen M ^b   Baucom, Donald H ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 35348825376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088519-0/50015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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