Affirmative psychotherapy with bisexual men

Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women and Bisexual Men

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 27-49

  Goetstouwers, Leo ^a,b  

^a Parnassia Psycho Medisch Centrum in The Hague ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Parnassia Psycho Medisch Centrum in The Hague   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biphobia; Bisexual identity; Bisexual men; Bisexuality; Cultural diversity; Psychotherapy; Relationships; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350515137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315783901-8     Document Type: Chapter

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