Healing in the midst of Chaos: Nah we Yone's African women's wellness group

Women and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-120

  Akinsulure Smith, Adeyinka M ^a,d   Ghiglione, Jessica B ^b   Wollmershauser, Carrie ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

African women; Asylum seekers; Group; Refugees; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449254647     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02703140802384602     Document Type: Article

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