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Rural Practice, Challenges of

By: Val Farmer
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:counselors; family and work; farming; rural areas; rural community; rural life; stressors

The United States defines “rural” communities as those of 2,500 people or fewer. A more natural definition is tied to population density: People who live in geographically isolated, low-population areas where occupations are tied to natural resources have more in common ...

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  Farmer, V. (2008). Rural practice, challenges of. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 379-380). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n122
  
  Farmer, Val. "Rural Practice, Challenges of." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 379-80. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n122.
  
  Farmer, V. 2008. Rural Practice, Challenges of. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 379-380 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n122> [Accessed 23 Jun 2021].
  
  Farmer, Val. "Rural Practice, Challenges of." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 379-80. SAGE Knowledge. 23 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n122.
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