Repositioning cross-cultural counseling in a multicultural society. |
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Yan, M. C.; Lam, C. M.
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Social Work Dept., The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong; chingmanlam@cuhk.edu.hk
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10/2000
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Journal
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International Social Work
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43(4)
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Cross-cultural-differences; Counseling
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This article examines the nature and limits of the existing cross-cultural counseling discourses in order to search for a more culturally sensitive cross-cultural counseling approach. The authors pinpoint the inherent cultural deficiencies of the existing modification-based cross-cultural counseling approaches and advocate that the cross-cultural counseling process should be an inter-subjective interaction between the counselors and counselees, both of whom are products of their own culture. Cross-cultural counseling therefore should be seen as contextualized cultural activity that requires the open-mindedness and sensitivity of the practitioners to the cultural influence of both their clients and themselves. (Journal abstract.)
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