Alliance in Couple and Family Therapy

Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Evidence-Based Responsiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Friedlander, Myrna L ^a   Escudero, Valentín ^b   Heatherington, Laurie ^c   Diamond, Gary M ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alliance; Couple and family therapy; Meta analysis; Therapy relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923043512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737208.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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