Therapists' approaches in working with heterosexual couples struggling with male partners' online sexual behavior

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-78

  Ayres, Michelle M ^a   Haddock, Shelley A ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 61549112106     PISSN: 10720162     EISSN: 15325318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720160802711952     Document Type: Article

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