Dissertation as Life Chapter: Managing Emotions, Relationships, and Time

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 296-313

  Morrison Straforini, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; all but dissertation (ABD); brief therapy technique; dissertation blocks; nontraditional dissertators; psychodynamic pragmatic solution oriented

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944033603     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2015.1074021     Document Type: Article

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