Case Conceptualization Strategies: The Relationship between Psychologists' Experience Levels, Academic Training, and Mode of Clinical Inquiry

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-351

  Brammer, Robert ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical experience; Counseling; Expertise; Professional psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031324724     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024794522386     Document Type: Article

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