Don't forget about me: The experiences of therapists-in-training after a client has attempted or died by suicide

Women and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-57

  Spiegelman, Jason S ^a   Werth Jr , James L ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Graduate students; Suicide; Supervision; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844272159     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v28n01_04     Document Type: Review

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