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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Dawn M. Wirick & Lee A. Teufel-Prida

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  1. Dawn M. Wirick
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Correspondence to Dawn M. Wirick .

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay L. Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony L. Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    David Kearns

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Bahareh Sahebi

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Wirick, D.M., Teufel-Prida, L.A. (2019). Collusion in Family Systems Theory. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_252

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