A component analysis of a brief psycho-educational couples' workshop: One-year follow-up results

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-280

  Babcock, Julia C ^a   Gottman, John M ^b   Ryan, Kimberly D ^b   Gottman, Julie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b The Gottman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Couple therapy; Marital research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880423740     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12017     Document Type: Article

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