Retelling the Story of Couple and Family Counseling

The Family Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Blume, Thomas W ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dominant discourse; family therapy; narrative; postmodern; professional identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649133467     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480707309129     Document Type: Article

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