A review of the research on solution-focused therapy

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-242

  Corcoran, Jacqueline ^a   Pillai, Vijayan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Solution focused therapy; Strengths based; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349107932     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm098     Document Type: Review

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