Evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based counselling service in the UK

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Fox, Claire L ^a   Butler, Ian ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evaluation; Outcome; School counselling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449561016     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069880902728598     Document Type: Article

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