Narrative career counselling: Theory and exemplars of practice

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-235

  McIlveen, Peter ^a,b   Patton, Wendy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 34547668853     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060701405592     Document Type: Article

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