'Rarely discussed but always present': Exploring therapists' accounts of the relationship between social class, mental health and therapy.
With a few exceptions, the subject of social class has rarely been addressed in counselling and psychotherapy research. This study seeks to contribute to redressing this omission by exploring therapists' accounts of how social class operates within therapy, its impact on the therapeutic relationship...
| Publicado en: | Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 324 - 335 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2021
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