Treating divorcing families in family therapy: A literature review

When Marriages Fail: Systemic Family Therapy Interventions and Issues: A Tribute to William C. Nichols

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-20

  Livingston, Steve ^a   Bowen, Lee ^b  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1300/5562_01     Document Type: Chapter

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