The long-term effects of counselling: The process and mechanisms that contribute to ongoing change from a user perspective

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Perren, Sara ^a   Mary, Godfrey ^b   Rowland, Nancy ^c  

^a Previously Gillygate Research Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Counselling; Long term; Outcome; Primary care; User perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249101350     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140903150745     Document Type: Article

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