Self-help strategies to reduce emotional distress: What do people do and why? A qualitative study

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-324

  Marley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

counselling; emotional distress; grounded theory; help seeking; self help

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859234769     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733145.2010.533780     Document Type: Article

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