Spirituality, Religion, and Psychological Counseling

The Oxford Handbook of Counseling Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Plante, Thomas G ^a   Thoresen, Carl E ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Faith; Health; Professional issues; Psychotherapy; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923498086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195342314.013.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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