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Training across the Pacific: Women Create an International Family Therapy Program

Training across the Pacific: Women Create an International Family Therapy Program This article describes the process of organizing a program of professional training for family psychotherapists in Vladivostok (in the Russian Far East region). The program includes only women—as organizers, teachers, and students. The project, supported by California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, is in its developmental stage, and is expected to lead to an institutional training or exchange program. This article presents the autobiographical reflections of a bicultural faculty member and her Russian colleagues on the experience of organizing family therapy training cross-culturally and internationally. Social and cultural factors vital for effective international work are identified. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Women & Therapy Taylor & Francis

Training across the Pacific: Women Create an International Family Therapy Program

Women & Therapy , Volume 37 (1-2): 12 – Apr 3, 2014
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Taylor & Francis
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Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
1541-0315
eISSN
0270-3149
DOI
10.1080/02703149.2014.850329
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Abstract

This article describes the process of organizing a program of professional training for family psychotherapists in Vladivostok (in the Russian Far East region). The program includes only women—as organizers, teachers, and students. The project, supported by California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, is in its developmental stage, and is expected to lead to an institutional training or exchange program. This article presents the autobiographical reflections of a bicultural faculty member and her Russian colleagues on the experience of organizing family therapy training cross-culturally and internationally. Social and cultural factors vital for effective international work are identified.

Journal

Women & TherapyTaylor & Francis

Published: Apr 3, 2014

Keywords: autobiography; cross-cultural; family therapy; self of educator; training

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