Therapy with lesbians and gay men: A cognitive behavioral perspective

Cognitive and Behavior Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 391-415

  Purcell, David W ^a   Campos, Peter E ^a,c,d   Perilla, Julia L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Psychiat and Behav Sci ^*  (United States)

^d Grady Infectious Disease Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030470676     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1077-7229(96)80025-3     Document Type: Article

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