This timely book:

•   Critiques the cultural competence construct and its evaluation as it is currently disseminated within applied psychology.
  
•   Compares and contrasts how cultural competence is defined within clinical, school, and counseling psychology.
  
•   Analyzes difficulties and challenges in understanding the cultural competence construct as evaluated through the lens of closely related fields                    outside of  applied psychology.
  
•   Spotlights complexities in cultural competence issues pertaining to specific populations.
  
•   Sets out implications for education and training, offering a detailed outline for an ideal college course in cultural competence.
  

With this level of reasoning and rigor, Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology  is sure to stimulate long-overdue dialogue and debate among professionals across a wide variety of fields, such as clinical psychology, social work, child and social psychology, psychotherapy, school psychology, and counseling.