Therapists' Views on Working With Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking Clients: A Qualitative Investigation

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 436-443

  Santiago Rivera, Azara L ^a   Altarriba, Jeanette ^b   Poll, Norma ^c   Gonzalez Miller, Normaris ^d   Cragun, Carrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual therapy; language switching; Latino clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350518322     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015933     Document Type: Article

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