Therapy Dogs on Campus: Recommendations for Counseling Center Outreach

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-78

  Daltry, Rachel M ^a   Mehr, Kristin E ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college counseling; outreach programming; therapy dogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921286215     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2015.976100     Document Type: Article

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