Listening to the Voices of the Poor and Disrupting the Silence About Class Issues in Psychotherapy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-161

  Appio, Lauren ^a   Chambers, Debbie Ann ^a   Mao, Susan ^a  

^a Teachers College Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Classism; Poverty; Psychotherapy; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NARRATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; STEREOTYPING; TRUST;

EID: 84872043970     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21954     Document Type: Article

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