Becoming a multicultural psychotherapist: The confluence of culture, ethnicity, and gender

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 973-981

  Comas Díaz, Lillian ^a  

^a Transcultural Mental Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Gender; Liberation; Psychotherapy; Race

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREER; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; GENDER; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION;

CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FREEDOM; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24644517725     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20170     Document Type: Review

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