It Is Called a Mother Tongue for a Reason: A Qualitative Study of Therapists' Perspectives on Bilingual Psychotherapy-Treatment Implications

Smith College Studies in Social Work

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-118

  Kokaliari, Efrosini ^a   Catanzarite, Gia ^b   Berzoff, Joan ^c  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Human Development   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual psychotherapy; immigration; language; psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872534089     PISSN: 00377317     EISSN: 15530426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2013.747396     Document Type: Article

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