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  1. California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Sean D. Davis, Vived Gonzalez & Sadaf Sahibzada

  2. Alliant International University, Irvine, CA, USA

    Vived Gonzalez

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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. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jessica Rohlfing Pryor

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Davis, S.D., Gonzalez, V., Sahibzada, S. (2019). Therapeutic Alliance in Couple and Family Therapy. 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_508

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