Balm in Gilead: Spiritual dimensions in counseling African American women

Author(s): Williams, C. B., Green, E. L.

Journal/Book: J Multicult Couns Development. 1999; 27: 5999 Stevenson Ave, Alexandria, VA 22304-3300, USA. Amer Counseling Assoc. 182-192.

Abstract: The authors describe African American cultural and spiritual traditions that are the bedrock for therapeutic work with this population. Through the use of a clinical case, they link African American women's emotional issues with healing interventions borrowed from their rich heritage of religious and spiritual rituals and practices.

Note: Article Frame MW, Univ Colorado, Sch Educ, Counseling Psychol & Counselor Educ Dept, Campus Box 106, POB 173364, Denver,CO 80217 USA

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