What makes a good counsellor? An analysis of ways in which counsellor trainers construe good and bad counselling trainees

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-83

  Wheeler, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0034038509     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070050011079     Document Type: Article

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