This article explores the mono-cu!tural milieu of counseling. There are four primary contributors to the cultural domination of counseling by the Western culture. They are as follows: (1) the deep historical and philosophical roots of counseling in Western culture; (2) the dominant the, ones, pract
The cultural complexity of counseling
β Scribed by Paul Pedersen
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 994 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0653
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