An ethnographic study of client and therapist perceptions of therapy effectiveness in a university-based training clinic

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-342

  Sells, Scott P ^a   Smith, Thomas Edward ^b   Moon, Sidney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001069636     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1996.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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