Does Psychotherapy Supervision Contribute to Patient Outcomes? Considering Thirty Years of Research

Clinical Supervisor

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-256

  Watkins Jr , C Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical supervision efficacy; clinical supervision outcome; patient outcome; psychotherapy supervision efficacy; psychotherapy supervision outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858677795     PISSN: 07325223     EISSN: 1545231X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07325223.2011.619417     Document Type: Article

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