Using group therapy to navigate and resolve sexual orientation and religious conflicts

Counseling and Values

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 96-120

  Yarhouse, Mark A ^a   Lee Beckstead, A ^b  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

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EID: 81355134431     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2011.tb01034.x     Document Type: Article

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