Increased general interest among counselors in the way language, narratives, and stories influence clients' personal and social realities has drawn particular attention to metaphorical language and its facilitative role in counseling. In this article, the authors suggest that metaphors and metaphori
Metaphors and client change in counselling
β Scribed by Tom Strong
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 659 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0653
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