Traditional healing, the body and mind in psychotherapy

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-165

  Moodley, Roy ^a   Sutherland, Patsy ^a   Oulanova, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mind division; Counselling and psychotherapy; Cultural healers; Ethnic minority clients; Holistic healing; Traditional healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849102097     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070802066870     Document Type: Review

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