A systemic approach to restructuring adult attachment: The eft model of couples therapy

Attachment and Family Systems: Conceptual, Empirical, and Therapeutic Relatedness

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-189

  Johnson, Susan M ^a   Best, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84918859529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203782699     Document Type: Editorial

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