Reflections on Providing Single-Session Therapy in Post-Disaster Haiti

Single-Session Therapy by Walk-In or Appointment: Administrative, Clinical, and Supervisory Aspects of One-at-a-Time Services

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 303-317

  Guthrie, Brian ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85108127242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351112437-20     Document Type: Chapter

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