Brief Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy Following a Child's Coming Out: A Case Report

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Willoughby, Brian L B ^a   Doty, Nathan D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SKILL; SOCIAL BELIEF;

EID: 77949266097     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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