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Theories and Techniques of Marital and Family Therapy

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Handbook of Marriage and the Family

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Histories of the intertwined fields of marriage and family therapy have appeared during the past 2 decades (e.g., Broderick & Schrader, 1991; Guerin, 1976; F. Kaslow, 1982, 1987; Thomas, 1992). Elaborating upon an earlier version of this material (F. Kaslow, 1987), this chapter concentrates on developments in the past decade, a time during which the convergence of the marital and family therapy fields has been accepted.

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Kaslow, N.J., Kaslow, F.W., Farber, E.W. (1999). Theories and Techniques of Marital and Family Therapy. In: Sussman, M.B., Steinmetz, S.K., Peterson, G.W. (eds) Handbook of Marriage and the Family. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5367-7_29

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