Ethnic minority clients' perceptions of the significance of race in cross-racial therapy relationships

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 567-582

  Chang, Doris F ^a   Yoon, Patricia ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Culture and psychotherapy; Qualitative research methods; Racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052421370     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2011.592549     Document Type: Article

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