The Dance of Intimacy

by Harriet Lerner

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  THE DANCE OF INTIMACY. Copyright © 1989 by Harriet Goldhor Lerner. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub © Edition v 1. SEPTEMBER 2002 ISBN: 9780061741074

  A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1989 by Harper & Row, Publisher

  First PERENNIAL LIBRARY edition published 1990.

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  * References on the theory and therapy of Dr. Murray Bowen, who pioneered the use of the genogram, can be found in the notes. While most sources are directed toward therapists, they are valuable reading for non-professionals as well.