Online counseling: The good, the bad, and the possibilities

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-346

  Baker, Kurt D ^a   Ray, Mike ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

email counseling; internet counseling; online counseling; online psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860799541     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2011.632875     Document Type: Review

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