Addressing racial and ethnic microaggressions in therapy

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Owen, Jesse ^a   Tao, Karen W ^b   Imel, Zac E ^b   Wampold, Bruce E ^c,d   Rodolfa, Emil ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^e ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Cultural competence; Microaggression; Psychotherapy; Rupture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905962934     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037420     Document Type: Article

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