The sweat lodge as psychotherapy: Congruence between traditional and modern healing

Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counseling and Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 196-209

  Smith, David Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452231648.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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