Do we practice what we preach? An exploratory survey of multicultural psychotherapy competencies

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-74

  Hansen, Nancy Downing ^a,b   Randazzo, Katherine V ^a   Schwartz, Arielle ^a,b   Marshall, Maria ^a   Kalis, David ^a   Frazier, Royce ^a   Burke, Christopher ^a   Kershner Rice, Kendall ^a   Norvig, Gerda ^a,b  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fielding Graduate University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural competencies; Professional psychologists; Psychotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844469873     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.37.1.66     Document Type: Review

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