Internet Sites and Apps Available to Students Seeking Counselling, and What School Counsellors Should Know about Them

Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-83

  Furlonger, Brett ^a   Budisa, Sonja ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

apps; counselling; internet; school; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991729763     PISSN: 20556365     EISSN: 20556373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2015.22     Document Type: Article

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