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Based on two years of clinical experience with eighty different client networks, the authors (1) offer a model of network orientation and assessment which has proven effective in lowering client resistance to a, network intervention; (2) present two strategies for clinical intervention with families using partial network assemblies; and (3) discuss the supportive relationship between family and network therapy with accompanying case illustrations.
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Youngquist, M., Ruff, P. Networking in a day treatment center for adolescents. International Journal of Family Therapy 6, 114–123 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924447
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