The ethics of prayer in counseling

Counseling and Values

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-138

  Weld, Chet ^a,b   Eriksen, Karen ^a  

^a ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Renewal Centers   (United States)

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EID: 40749152015     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2007.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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