Wellness is considered the paradigm of counseling and development (J. E. Myers, 1991, 1992). However, researchers have failed to agree on a definition or on the dimensional structure of wellness. Furthermore, existing quantitative wellness instruments are inadequate for capturing the complexity of w
A Review of Counseling for Wellness: Theory, Research, and Practice
β Scribed by Jeffrey VanLone
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-7960
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β¦ Synopsis
Book reviewed in this article:
Jane E. Meyers and Thomas J. Sweeney, Eds. (2005). Counseling for Wellness: Theory, Research, and Practice.
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