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Systemic-Dialectic- Multilevel-Multifocal Approach

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  1. Scientific Council Member, The Athenian Institute of Anthropos, Athens, Greece

    Mina Polemi-Todoulou

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

    Jay Lebow

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

    Anthony Chambers

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

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany

    Maria Borcsa Ph.D

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Polemi-Todoulou, M. (2018). Systemic-Dialectic- Multilevel-Multifocal Approach. 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_983-1

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