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Counseling Psychology Faculty’s Contributions to the Internationalization of Counseling

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In this study, we identified counseling psychology faculty members’ international publications, presentations, activities, and education abroad experiences through investigating 183 curricula vitae of faculty members in the United States. The results demonstrated that compared to four decades ago, the emphasis on international issues has increased. However, there is still a considerable number of counseling psychology faculty members who have not incorporated international issues into their professional activities. Path analysis results indicated that international presentations and activities moderately predicted internationally relevant publications. Based on these results, we proposed several ways to facilitate the internationalization of counseling psychology in the future, and discussed how internationalization could bring positive changes to the counseling psychology field.

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  1. Ball State University Counseling Center, Lucina Hall, room 320, Muncie, IN, 47306, USA

    Azadeh Fatemi & Khanh Nghiem

  2. The University of Georgia, 402 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

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Fatemi, A., Stewart, A. & Nghiem, K. Counseling Psychology Faculty’s Contributions to the Internationalization of Counseling. Int J Adv Counselling 41, 61–72 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-018-9346-y

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