Couple therapy research and the practice of couple therapy: Can we talk?

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-292

  Gurman, Alan S ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Couple therapy research; Person of the therapist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COUPLES THERAPY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052229415     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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