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This chapter is concerned with healing and repair in couple relationships—helping couples to reconnect and re-bond, if that is their wish, after the physical violence has stopped.
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Sammut Scerri, C., Vetere, A., Abela, A., Cooper, J. (2017). Healing and Repair in Relationships: Working Therapeutically with Couples. In: Intervening After Violence. Focused Issues in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57789-0_5
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