The perceived helpfulness of rendering emotional first aid via email

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-104

  Gilat, Itzhak ^a   Reshef, Eyal ^b  

^a The Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

crisis intervention; email counselling; evaluation of helpfulness; trained volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921382475     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2014.909006     Document Type: Article

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