Predictors of early termination in a university counseling training clinic

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Lampropoulos, Georgios K ^a,b   Schneider, Mercedes K ^a   Spengler, Paul M ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149260204     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00547.x     Document Type: Article

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