'Limits to therapy and counselling': Deconstructing a professional ideology

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-392

  House, Richard ^a  

^a Magdalen Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033448619     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069889908256278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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