Transference and Empathy in Asian American Psychotherapy

Cultural Values and Treatment Needs

Jean Lau Chin author Joan Huser Liem author MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham author George K Hong author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:24th May '93

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Considers cultural issues affecting health services for Asian-Americans.

This work, set in the context of the growing Asian American population and its associated mental health needs, offers resource/training guidance for psychotherapists who intend to practice with minority communities. It deals with cultural factors that pose obstacles to western psychotherapy.

The Asian American population is increasing rapidly and, not unpredictably, so are its mental health needs. A number of cultural factors and stressors common to Asian Americans pose obstacles to the successful employment of Western psychotherapy approaches and counseling---for example, the central role of the family in Asian life and the culturally based, traditional stigma associated with mental health problems. The authors, all practicing psychotherapists, focus on the critical aspects of transference and empathy in their consideration of the mental health approaches and therapies appropriate to ethnic minority population.

The work has value as a resource for professionals and as a training guide for those intending to practice as psychotherapists and counselors in minority communities. It offers extraordinary insights and practical guidance through the use of case studies. Not only do these identify problems stemming from the racial differences between client and therapist, but they also provide rich clinical examples of case diagnosis, treatment plans, and client status statements. This is an important book that will further both the theory and practice of psychotherapy among minority populations.

ISBN: 9780275944933

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168 pages