Therapists' Helpful and Unhelpful Situations With LGBT Clients: An Exploratory Study

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-368

  Israel, Tania ^a   Gorcheva, Raia ^a   Walther, William A ^a   Sulzner, Joselyne M ^a   Cohen, Jessye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gay clients; lesbian clients; LGBT; psychotherapy; transgender clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849096033     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.39.3.361     Document Type: Article

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