Therapist alienation: Foreseeing and forestalling third-party dynamics undermining psychotherapy with children of conflicted caregivers

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-363

  Garber, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a HealthyParentcom   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 3543016144     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.35.4.357     Document Type: Review

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