ADDRESSING CLIENTS' RACISM AND RACIAL PREJUDICE IN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Bartoli, Eleonora ^a   Pyati, Aarti ^b  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

client's racist and prejudical comments; individual psychotherapy; racism; transference countertransference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 67651083648     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016023     Document Type: Article

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