Young clients' narratives of the purpose and outcome of counselling

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-524

  Gibson, Kerry ^a   Cartwright, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adolescence; client factors; counselling; narrative research; school counselling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908483769     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2014.925084     Document Type: Article

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