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Brief counselling: A user's guide for traditionally trained counsellors

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This article presents a model of brief counselling applicable to individual counselling in a variety of settings. Therapeutic and theoretical orientations and counselling procedures provided are intended to compliment the practitioners preferred style of counselling.

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Barrett-Kruse, C. Brief counselling: A user's guide for traditionally trained counsellors. Int J Adv Counselling 17, 109–115 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01407967

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