Transformative learning through international immersion: Building multicultural competence in family therapy and counseling

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-379

  McDowell, Teresa ^a   Goessling, Kristen ^a   Melendez, Tatiana ^a,b  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIA; COUNSELING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEARNING; MIDDLE EAST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859965235     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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