Predictors of psychotherapeutic benefit of lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients: The effects of sexual orientation matching and other factors

Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-301

  Jones, Mary Ann ^a   Botsko, Michael ^b   Gorman, Bernard S ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bailey House   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (Bahamas)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 0347993694     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.40.4.289     Document Type: Article

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