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  1. University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany

    Maria Borcsa

  2. First Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Valeria Pomini

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

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

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    Maria Borcsa Ph.D

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Borcsa, M., Pomini, V. (2018). Couple and Family Therapy in the Digital Era. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_1069-1

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