Use of Religious Resources in Psychotherapy from a Tradition-Sensitive Approach: Cases from Chinese in Malaysia

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 941-957

  Ting, Rachel Sing Kiat ^a   Ng, Alvin Lai Oon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Malaysia; Psychotherapy; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866451739     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-011-0365-4     Document Type: Article

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