Psychotherapy with a 17-year-old Iranian American female: Therapeutic guidelines

Intersections of Multiple Identities

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-275

  Sayyedi, Maryam ^a  

^a Omid Multicultural Institute for Development   (United States)

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EID: 84921318708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893333     Document Type: Chapter

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