Patients and Pilgrims
- 27 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Behavioral Scientist
- Vol. 20 (6) , 861-886
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000276427702000605
Abstract
The eastern mystical tradition's movement into American life is depicted in this paper, which reports on the intriguing pattern of changing attitudes toward the use of psychotherapy among many members of the two major groups studied and also suggests a new rationale to justify psychotherapy.Keywords
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