Edwin H. Friedman Quotes

I eventually came to define my marriage counseling, no matter what the cultural mix, as trying to help people separate so that they would not have to “separate.”

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• I eventually came to define my marriage counseling, no matter what the cultural mix, as trying to help people separate so that they would not have to “separate.”

  

  Edwin H. Friedman
  • Marriage
  • Separate
  • Mix