Studying Circular Questioning "In Situ": Discourse Analysis of A First Systemic Family Therapy Session

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-121

  Diorinou, Maria ^b   Tseliou, Eleftheria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECORDING;

FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84892857687     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12005     Document Type: Article

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