Date of Award

Summer 8-23-2014

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Fernand Lubuguin

Second Advisor

Ragnar Storaasli

Third Advisor

Marguerite McCormack

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

Multicultural, Civilian practitioner, Veteran, Military culture, Training

Abstract

Many mental health practitioners will have therapeutic encounters with veterans at one point or another during the course of their training or career. To meet the therapeutic needs of those who have served or are serving our country through combat or non-combat military service, it is essential that these practitioners are able to provide effective interventions for this population. Effective treatment entails culturally competent care, however, few resources are available to help civilian mental health practitioners become educated about military culture and translate that cultural competence into efficacious treatment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to respond to the need for civilian mental health practitioners to be able to deliver culturally competent care to a modern military population. Specifically, the Descriptive Psychology methodology of generating a parametric description of military culture with be utilized and applied to Sue & Sue's (2008) guidelines for multicultural counseling competency.

Copyright Date

6-29-2014

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

RuthAnn R. Lester

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

61 pgs

File Size

405 KB

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