Group counseling with traumatized east african refugee women in the United States: Using the kaffa ceremony intervention

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-191

  Loewy, Michael I ^a   Williams, DiAnna Toliver ^b   Keleta, Aster ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c African Refugee Network   (United States)

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EID: 85009550540     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/742848689     Document Type: Article

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