The impact of clinical supervision on counsellors and therapists, their practice and their clients. A systematic review of the literature

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-65

  Wheeler, Sue ^a   Richards, Kaye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b British Association for Counselling   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counselling; psychotherapy; supervisee; Supervision; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COUNSELING; COUNSELOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 43049103969     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140601185274     Document Type: Article

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