Trainees’ experiences of impasses in counselling and the impact of group supervision on their resolution: A pilot study

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  De Stefano, Jack ^a   D'Iuso, Nadia ^a   Blake, Emily ^a   Fitzpatrick, Marilyn ^a   Drapeau, Martin ^a   Chamodraka, Martha ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counselling impasse; counsellor training; group supervision; supervision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COUNSELING; COUNSELOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77952587235     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140601140378     Document Type: Article

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