Enhancing narrative couple therapy process with an enactment scaffolding

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-414

  Brimhall, Andrew S ^a,b   Gardner, Brandt C ^a   Henline, Branden H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 41162 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Couples therapy; Enactments; Narrative therapy; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043112058     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027308719029     Document Type: Article

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