Psychotherapists' spiritual, religious, atheist or agnostic identity and their practice of psychotherapy: A grounded theory study

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-303

  Magaldi Dopman, Danielle ^a   Park Taylor, Jennie ^b   Ponterotto, Joseph G ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Religious identity; Spiritual identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79957824449     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.565488     Document Type: Article

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