Diversity within African American, female therapists: Variability in clients' expectations and assumptions about the therapist

Psychotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-197

  Kelly, Jennifer F ^a   Greene, Beverly ^b,c  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c independent practice   (United States)

Author keywords

African American therapists; Multicultural competence; Psychotherapy; Therapists' characteristics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STEREOTYPY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954637280     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019759     Document Type: Article

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