A female therapist's dilemma: Alliance versus accommodation in feminist-informed couple therapy

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 43-70

  Keeling, Margaret ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Feminist therapy; Gender; Therapy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749156125     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J086v19n04_03     Document Type: Article

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