Chinese indigenous psychotherapies in Singapore

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-10

  Lee, Boon Ooi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

clients' beliefs; culture; indigenous therapies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SHAMANISM; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34548411918     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140212331384938     Document Type: Article

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