Helping students cope with loss: Incorporating art into group counseling

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Finn, Cindy A ^a  

^a Lester B Pearson School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Art therapy; Bereavement; Counseling; Grief; Group therapy; School interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248599542     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714860157     Document Type: Article

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