Making Cross-Racial Therapy Work: A Phenomenological Study of Clients' Experiences of Cross-Racial Therapy

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-536

  Chang, Doris F ^a   Berk, Alexandra ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

phenomenology; psychotherapy; racial ethnic matching; therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449484736     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016905     Document Type: Article

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