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The Professional Counselor \Volume 4, Issue 4 361 Conclusion As the counseling profession continues to internationalize, it will be necessary for counselor education programs to provide training for both students and faculty to increase cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity. Institutional support will be essential in terms of both mission and financial resources for both students and faculty. Beyond the institution, faculty may require training and encouragement to undertake international activities beyond conference attendance. While international presentations and partner school visits are impressive for faculty vitae and university reports, true internationalization is a two-way process. The authors challenge counselor educators to find ways to extend a welcome to international visitors, which will result in increasing numbers of faculty and student exchanges, and equalize the balance of trade relative to the internationalization of the counseling profession. Conflict of Interest and Funding Disclosure The authors reported no conflict of interest or funding contributions for the development of this manuscript. References Alexander, C. M., Kruzek, T., & Ponterotto, J. G. (2005). Building multicultural competencies in school counselor trainees: An international immersion experience. Counselor Education and Supervision , 44 , 255–266. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.2005.tb01754.x Canfield, B. S., Low, L., & Hovestadt, A. (2009). Cultural immersion as a learning method for expanding intercultural competencies. The Family Journal , 17 , 318–322. doi:10.1177/1066480709347359 Chung, R. C. Y. (2005). Women, human rights, and counseling: Crossing international boundaries. Journal of Counseling & Development , 83 , 262–268. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00341.x Crockett, S. A., & Hays, D. G. (2011). Understanding and responding to the career counseling needs of international college students on U.S. campuses. Journal of College Counseling , 14 , 65–79. doi:10.1002/j.2161-1882.2011. tb00064.x Furbish, D. S. (2007). Career counseling in New Zealand. Journal of Counseling & Development , 85 , 115–119. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00453.x Gerstein, L. H., & Ægisdóttir, S. (2007). Training international social change agents: Transcending a U.S. counseling paradigm. Counselor Education and Supervision , 47 , 123–139. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.2007.tb00043.x Gerstein, L. H., Heppner, P. P., Ægisdóttir, S., Leung, S.-M. A., & Norsworthy, K. L. (Eds.). (2009). International handbook of cross-cultural counseling: Cultural assumptions and practices worldwide . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Heppner, P. P. (2006). The benefits and challenges of becoming cross-culturally competent counseling psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist , 34 , 147–172. doi:10.1177/0011000005282832 Heppner, P. P., Leong, F. T. L., & Chiao, H. (2008). A growing internationalization of counseling psychology. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (4th ed., pp. 68–85). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons. Hohenshil, T. H. (2010). International counseling introduction. Journal of Counseling & Development , 88 , 3. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00140.x Ishii, H., Gilbride, D. D., & Stensrud, R. (2009). Students’ internal reactions to a one-week cultural immersion trip: A qualitative analysis of student journals. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development , 37 , 15–27. doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.2009.tb00088.x