Professional psychology training in the era of a thousand flowers: Dilemmas and challenges for the future

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-68

  Eby, Marla D ^a   Chin, Jean Lau ^b   Rollock, David ^c   Schwartz, Jonathan P ^d   Worrell, Frank C ^e  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical science; Future; Psychology practice; Psychology training; School psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956298199     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023462     Document Type: Article

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