Marriage and family therapy students' change in multicultural counseling competencies after a diversity course

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-311

  Murphy, Megan J ^a   Park, Junghee ^b   Lonsdale, Natalie J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soong Eui Women's Junior Coll   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Accreditation; Diversity; Marital and family therapy; Multicultural counseling competencies; Therapy training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748867391     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-006-9009-8     Document Type: Article

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