Introduction: Biracial women in therapy: Between the rock of gender and the hard place of race

Women and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Gillem, Angela R ^a   Thompson, Cathy A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biracial; Counseling; Girls; Mixed race; Multiracial; Race; Racial identity; Therapy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342303909     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v27n01_01     Document Type: Article

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