The dose-response relationship at a college counseling center: Implications for setting session limits

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 15-29

  Wolgast, Brad M ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^b   Puschner, Bernd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinically significant change; College counseling; College psychotherapy; College age client; Dose response; Outcome research; Session limits; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751109056     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J035v18n02_03     Document Type: Article

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