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ERIC Number: EJ748394
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 15
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0011-0000
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Implications of Globalization for Training in Counseling Psychology: Presidential Address
Nutt, Roberta L.
Counseling Psychologist, v35 n1 p157-171 2007
This article presents the presidential address delivered by Roberta L. Nutt during the 114th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association last August 12, 2006. In her address, Nutt talks about that despite of the contributions of the many counseling psychologists who have advanced the current knowledge and training in the field of counseling, there is one particular opportunity that psychologists have neglected--adding an emphasis on family systems. Nutt explains that family systems is an important factor in providing a foundation for expanding cross-cultural and multicultural expertise in the field of counseling. Emphasis on family systems has great potential in foreign cultures as 70% of them are collectivistic, which means that they tend to have a much greater emphasis on persons embedded in family and larger social systems than is the tradition in western cultures. Nutt suggests that in order for get the most from emphasizing family systems, those involved in advancing the field of counseling must add more training in family systems, and systemic thinking in general, to programs, practice, and research as a foundation for understanding and working with collectivistic cultures. This can be done by introducing a specific course that focuses on systemic perspective, cyberkinetics, and so forth.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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