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Goal attainment scaling: An effective treatment technique in short-term therapy

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  1. Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

    Lorraine LaFerriere &  Robert Calsyn

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The authors wish to thank the clients, therapists, and staff members from Ingham County Community Mental Health Center who cooperated in this study. The authors would also like to express their gratitude to Rom Kriauciunas, Dozier Thornton, and Robert Zucker who served on the first author's master's thesis committee and Al Farrel for his research assistance.

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LaFerriere, L., Calsyn, R. Goal attainment scaling: An effective treatment technique in short-term therapy. Am J Commun Psychol 6, 271–282 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894357

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