2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00209.x
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Transformative Learning through International Immersion: Building Multicultural Competence in Family Therapy and Counseling

Abstract: This study explores the experiences of graduate students who completed one of two international courses facilitated by family therapy faculty in a U.S. master's-level counseling psychology department. Participants reported that international courses were personally and professionally transformative. Spending time in a foreign country gave them opportunities to learn from cultural differences, ultimately increasing the social and global awareness required for multicultural sensitivity. Experiential learning, re… Show more

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“…The results of this study are consistent with calls for family therapists and other service providers to use approaches that focus on attention to the larger context, multicultural sensitivity, power processes, collaboration, and respect for client strengths (McDowell, Goessling & Melendez, ; Platt, ; Sutherland, Fine & Ashbourne, ). These kinds of approaches encourage therapists to be reflexive and accountable about their own positions of power and privilege and to identify the influence of discrimination and injustice in people's lives.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…The results of this study are consistent with calls for family therapists and other service providers to use approaches that focus on attention to the larger context, multicultural sensitivity, power processes, collaboration, and respect for client strengths (McDowell, Goessling & Melendez, ; Platt, ; Sutherland, Fine & Ashbourne, ). These kinds of approaches encourage therapists to be reflexive and accountable about their own positions of power and privilege and to identify the influence of discrimination and injustice in people's lives.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…It is important to attend to the supervisory relationship in other countries, as the family therapy field moves into international contexts and addresses diversity between and within cultures (Burnham, Avis Palma and Whitehouse, ; McDowell, Goessling and Melendez, ). In this paper, the word native describes persons born in and residential to Cambodia.…”
Section: Defining Culturally Responsive Supervisionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…International immersion learning experiences have been shown to have powerful and transformational effects and are particularly relevant for counselors in today's global community (McDowell et al 2010). I sought such an experience to complement my traditional graduate studies.…”
Section: Samatamentioning
confidence: 97%