Therapy at the cultural interface: Implications of African cosmology for traumatic stress intervention

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-209

  Eagle, Gillian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethics; Multicultural; Psychotherapy; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COSMOS; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAGIC; METAPHYSICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIGION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BELIEF; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844363653     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10879-005-2700-5     Document Type: Review

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