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Paul Bodholdt Pedersen  

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  • Paul Bodholdt Pedersen, considered by most psychologists to be the founder and major contributor to multicultural psychology and cross-cultural counseling and psychotherapy, was born on May 19, 1936, in Ringsted, Iowa. Located in a rural farming community in northern Iowa near the Minnesota border, the tiny community of Ringsted provided Pedersen with a strong, stable set of values that encouraged hard work, kindness, spirituality, generosity, compassion, and a respect for all living things. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Pedersen, Paul Bodholdt]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FMX97V06-N

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