concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: significant others

human relationships
type: Concept
narrower: significant others

neighbors
type: Concept
broader: significant others

significant others
type: Concept
broader: human relationships
definition: Nonrelated people who may have an impact on the individuals in treatment, although not necessarily the same type of emotional impact and influence that the natural family unit has. (2. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; significant others]
narrower: neighbors