The couple's mutual identity and reflexivity: A systemic-constructivist approach to the integration of persons and systems

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-410

  Fergus, Karen D ^a,b   Reid, David W ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couples therapy; Integrative psychotherapy; Interpersonal relations; Mutual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948999816     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016658301629     Document Type: Article

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