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The authors review the salient issues involved in therapy with culturally diverse populations. They present a framework where group therapy addresses those issues. Clinical vignettes from each of the authors serve to illustrate the power of group therapy with ethnocultural populations.
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Nakkab, S., Hernandez, M. Group Psychotherapy in the Context of Cultural Diversity. Group 22, 95–103 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022127529655
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