Consensual Faculty—Student Sexual Relationships in Counselor Education: Recommendations for Counselor Educators’ Decision Making

Counselor Education and Supervision

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-122

  Kress, Victoria E ^a   Dixon, Andrea ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85013067430     PISSN: 00110035     EISSN: 15566978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2007.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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