Choosing psychotherapy as a career: Beyond "I want to help people"

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 939-943

  Norcross, John C ^a   Farber, Barry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Career selection; Psychotherapist; Psychotherapy; Vocational assessment

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24644439712     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20175     Document Type: Review

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