Good grief: The part of arts in healing loss and grief

Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 173-183

  Buser, Trevor J ^a   Buser, Juleen K ^a   Gladding, Samuel T ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Creative media; Grief; Loss; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249094451     PISSN: 15401383     EISSN: 15401391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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