Religious commitment and expectations about psychotherapy among christian clients

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-114

  Walker, Donald F ^a   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^b   Gartner, Aubrey L ^b   Gorsuch, Richard L ^c   Hanshew, Evalin Rhodes ^d  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^d Richmont Graduate University   (United States)

Author keywords

expectations about psychotherapy; religious commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957602398     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021604     Document Type: Article

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