Enhancement of the working alliance: A training program to align counselor and consumer expectations

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-125

  Shaw, Linda R ^a   McMahon, Brian T ^b   Chan, Fong ^c   Hannold, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer counselor work relationships; Expectations about Rehabilitation Counseling (EARC) scale; Rehabilitation counseling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORIENTATION; SKILL; SOCIALIZATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 4143071689     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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