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Advances in Mental Health
Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention
Volume 12, 2014 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Investigating individual online synchronous chat counselling processes and treatment outcomes for young people

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Pages 216-224 | Received 22 Sep 2014, Accepted 26 Nov 2014, Published online: 30 Jan 2015

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