Marriage and family therapy with low-income clients: Professional, ethical, and clinical issues

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 220-232

  Grimes, Michele E ^a   McElwain, Alyssa D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Community family therapy; Low income clients; Marriage and family therapy; Narrative therapy; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549116731     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-008-9071-5     Document Type: Article

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