Multicultural Training Applied in Clinical Practice: Reflections From a Euro-American Female Counselor-in-Training Working With Mexican Immigrants

The Family Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Paynter, Clara K ^a,b   Estrada, Diane ^a,b  

^a Private Practice in Austin ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural internship; Mexican immigrants; multicultural competence; multicultural training

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749124875     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709338280     Document Type: Article

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