The Seven “As” Contributing to Internet-Related Intimacy Problems: A Literature Review
Vol.4,No.1(2010)
Internet; online; couples; sex; infidelity
Katherine M. Hertlein
Katherine M. Hertlein, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She received Master’s in marriage and family therapy from Purdue University Calumet and her Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy from Virginia Tech. She is a clinical member of AAMFT and a member of AASECT. She has published in several journals and serves as reviewer an on the editorial board for several journals. She has co-edited a book on interventions in couples treatment, interventions for clients with health concerns, and as a co-editor on a book on infidelity treatment. Recently she served as co-editor and co-author on Systemic Sex Therapy and co-author on A Clinician’s Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy. She presents nationally and internationally on sex, technology, and couples.
Armeda Stevenson
Armeda Stevenson is a Ph.D. student in the marriage and family therapy program at Florida State University. She has presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual conference as well having her work featured at the Graduate Research Symposium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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