Positive psychological approaches to therapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Linley, P Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; person centred psychology; positive psychology; positive therapy; well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGY; VOICE; WELLBEING;

EID: 33751225763     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140512331343831     Document Type: Article

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