Practice recommendations for reducing premature termination in therapy

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-387

  Swift, Joshua K ^a   Greenberg, Roger P ^b   Whipple, Jason L ^c   Kominiak, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Drop out; Practice recommendations; Premature termination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874734957     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028291     Document Type: Article

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