Multicultural Clinical Supervision and Benchmarks: Empirical Support Informing Practice and Supervisor Training

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-27

  Falender, Carol A ^a,b   Burnes, Theodore R ^c   Ellis, Michael V ^d  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

competency based; Competency Benchmarks; international supervision; multicultural supervision; supervision; supervisor training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871573474     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000012438417     Document Type: Article

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