Multiple Family Adventure-Based Therapy Groups: An Innovative Integration of Two Approaches

The Family Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Swank, Jacqueline Melissa ^a   Daire, Andrew Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adventure based counseling; family therapy; multiple family adventure based therapy groups; multiple family therapy group

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954607786     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480710372123     Document Type: Article

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