Balancing Multicultural Competence With Social Justice: Feminist Beliefs and Optimal Psychological Functioning

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1101-1132

  Yoder, Janice D ^a   Snell, Andrea F ^a   Tobias, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

counseling psychology; feminism; feminist therapy; mental health; social justice; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867754312     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000011426296     Document Type: Article

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