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Marital and Family Therapy

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Although the major objective of this chapter is to delineate, compare, contrast, and, to some extent, integrate, the extant major theoretical schools of marital and family therapy in the mid 1980s, it seems important to provide a brief historical backdrop against which one can view them and bring each into the spotlight for serious analysis. (Despite a conscious effort to be extremely objective and accurate, this retrospective portrait necessarily reflects the author-as-scholar’s own biases accrued through her experience and her vast reading about and contact with many of the leading personalities in fhe field. Given the space restrictions, the intent is to be comprehensive; yet there is full realization that this discussion is far from all-inclusive.)

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  1. Northwood Medical Center, Florida Couples and Family Institute, Suite 202, 2617 North Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL, 33407, USA

    Florence W. Kaslow

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    Marvin B. Sussman

  2. Department of Individual and Family Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

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  3. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Suzanne K. Steinmetz

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Kaslow, F.W. (1987). Marital and Family Therapy. In: Sussman, M.B., Steinmetz, S.K. (eds) Handbook of Marriage and the Family. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7151-3_30

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