The effects of a stress management course on counselors-in-training

Counselor Education and Supervision

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-78

  Abel, Holly ^a   Abel, Annette ^a   Smith, Robert ^b  

^a Lindsey Wilson College ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

counselor education; counselors; graduate school; stress management; stress management coping techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863259241     PISSN: 00110035     EISSN: 15566978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2012.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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