Male emotional intimacy: How therapeutic men's groups can enhance couples therapy

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-122

  Garfield, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples therapy; Emotional intimacy; Men's friendship; Men's groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FRIEND; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COUPLES THERAPY; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77149169092     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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