School-based counseling using systematic feedback: A cohort study evaluating outcomes and predictors of change

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-488

  Cooper, Mick ^a   Stewart, Dave ^b   Sparks, Jacqueline ^c   Bunting, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Barnardo's Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

child psychotherapy; client feedback; eclectic psychotherapy; PCOMS; school counseling; therapeutic outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879550716     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2012.735777     Document Type: Article

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