Single-Session/One-at-a-Time Walk-In Therapy

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

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 3-24

  Hoyt, Michael F ^d   Bobele, Monte ^d   Slive, Arnold ^a   Young, Jeff ^b   Talmon, Moshe ^c  

^a OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE

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EID: 85137553020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351112437-1     Document Type: Chapter

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