SYSTEMIC-CONSTRUCTIVIST COUPLE THERAPY (SCCT): DESCRIPTION OF APPROACH, THEORETICAL ADVANCES, AND PUBLISHED LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-490

  Reid, David W ^a   Doell, Faye K ^a   Dalton, E Jane ^a   Ahmad, Saunia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

interpersonal processing; relationship identity; systemic constructivist couple therapy (SCCT); we ness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATION; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEMIC CONSTRUCTIVIST COUPLE THERAPY;

EID: 58749104996     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014334     Document Type: Article

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