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...positive counseling outcomes working with persons from diverse cultural groups and backgrounds.

Contributing to the rise of this revolutionary force within the profession is the steady increase in the number of publications related to a broad range of cultural factors. These publications have greatly expanded counselors' knowledge of the relevance of many cultural issues for the work that they do. Five main themes have emerged from these publications, which have helped to increase counselor educators' and practitioners'

1. sensitivity to the significant ways that cultural factors affect human development,

2. awareness of the competencies they need to acquire to effectively...

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