The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study is to explore the relationship between the efficacy of multicultural awareness of Doctoral training of clinical psychology and competency in providing psychotherapy services to African American clients. This research is to assess the competency of doctoral students of clinical psychology as it…

This study presents a qualitative analysis of four clinical psychology PhD students' experiences of not knowing how to proceed in sessions with clients, and how they handled those experiences. A narrative analysis of each participant interview was employed, in which tone, rhetorical function, and identity work were closely examined. Participants…