Cork older adult intervention project: Outcomes of a gestalt therapy group with older adults

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-143

  O'Leary, Eleanor ^a   Sheedy, Geraldine ^b   O'Sullivan, Kathleen ^a   Thoresen, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Killarney Counselling Centre   (Ireland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042155348     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070302758     Document Type: Article

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