Counseling Psychology in Chinese Communities in Asia: Indigenous, Multicultural, and Cross-Cultural Considerations

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 944-966

  Leung, S Alvin ^a   Chen, Ping Hwa ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese counseling psychology; cross cultural; indigenization; multicultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349138477     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000009339973     Document Type: Article

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