Lifting the veil: Experiences of gay men in a therapy group

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-306

  Nel, Juan A ^a   Rich, Eileen ^a   Joubert, Kevin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coming out; Gay affirmative therapy; Gay men; Group psychotherapy; LGBT related therapeutic themes; Psychological well being; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548020526     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630703700205     Document Type: Article

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