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The Psychotherapist and the Sign Language Interpreter
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de Bruin, Ed; Brugmans, Petra – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
Specialized psychotherapy for deaf people in the Dutch and Western European mental health systems is still a rather young specialism. A key policy principle in Dutch mental health care for the deaf is that they should receive treatment in the language most accessible to them, which is usually Dutch Sign Language (Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT).…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Deafness, Sign Language