A Proposal for Culturally Informed Art Therapy With Syrian Refugee Women: The Potential for Trauma Expression Through Embroidery (Une proposition d'art-thérapie adaptée à la culture de femmes réfugiées syriennes : le potentiel de la broderie pour l'expression du traumatisme)

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