Psychotherapy for lesbians: The influence of therapist sexuality

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-52

  Ryden, Julie ^a   Loewenthal, Del ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

client experience; discourse analysis; feminism; process research; qualitative research; sexuality; transference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DRAWING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 4344620708     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140112331385248     Document Type: Article

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