Assessing competencies for counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, couples, and families

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Perosa, Linda M ^a   Perosa, Sandra L ^a   Queener, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Competence; Counseling; Family counseling; Gay; Lesbian; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567656     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15538600802125613     Document Type: Article

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