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The Effect of Honduran Counseling Practices on the North American Counseling Profession: The Power of Poverty

✍ Scribed by James N. Sells; Francesca G. Giordano; Laura Bokar; Jim Klein; Georgina Panting Sierra; Beverly Thume

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 496 KB
Volume: 85
Category: Article
ISSN: 1556-6678
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00611.x

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✦ Synopsis

A team of researchers consisting of counselor education professors and doctoral‐level counseling students conducted interviews with Honduran mental health professionals, including counselors, psychologists, pastors, community developmental specialists, and psychiatrists. The purpose was to understand the counseling process and profession that exists in a developing economy. The results are focused on the pervasive effects of poverty on the profession, the training of counselors, and the nature of counseling interventions.

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