Interview with a Traditional African Healer.

Vontress, Clemmont E.

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ERIC Number: EJ603049

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Interview with a Traditional African Healer.

Vontress, Clemmont E.

Journal of Mental Health Counseling, v21 n4 p326-36 Oct 1999

A counselor educator interviews a well-known traditional African healer in a village in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to learn how he chose his profession, the content and duration of his preparation, how he relates to his clients, and how he diagnoses their problems and intervenes on their behalf. (Author/GCP)

Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training, Cultural Background, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Therapeutic Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Burkina Faso

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