Client satisfaction and outcome comparisons of online and face-to-face counselling methods

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-640

  Murphy, Lawrence ^c   Parnass, Paul ^b   Mitchell, Daniel L ^b   Hallett, Rebecca ^a   Cayley, Paula ^b   Seagram, Samantha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Interlock ^*

^c Worldwide Therapy Online Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

E mail therapy; Evidence based practice; Online counselling; Research and evaluation; Social work and IT

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349588084     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp041     Document Type: Article

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