Psychic retreats in other places: Clients who seek healing with traditional healers and psychotherapistsFootnote1

1. Acknowledgements: This study, which is part of a larger study, was supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant (410-06-1726) awarded to the first author. A version of this paper was published in Counselling and Spirituality Journal, Vol. 28(1), Spring 2009. Our thanks to the editors: Terry Lynn Gall and Pierrette Daviau for granting us permission to republish the article.

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