The milan principles of hypothesising, circularity and neutrality in dialogical family therapy: Extinction, evolution, eviction... or emergence?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-265

  Brown, Judith M ^a,b  

^a Alternate Care Clinic   (Australia)

^b Relationships Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circularity; Dialogical therapy; Family therapy; Hypothesising; Neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149238283     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.3.248     Document Type: Article

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