Counsellors' experiences of working with suicidal clients: An exploratory study

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 172-176

  Reeves, Andrew ^a   Mintz, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; ethics; mental health; phenomenology; psychiatry; qualitative research; risk; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344627448     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140112331385030     Document Type: Article

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