Repositioning cross-cultural counseling in a multicultural society
Author(s)
Author(s)
Yan, M. C.
Date Issued
2000
Publisher
Sage Publications
Journal
International Social Work
Volume
43
Issue
4
Start page
481
End page
493
Abstract
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 a contextualized cultural activity which requires the open-mindedness and sensitivity of the practitioners to the cultural influence of both their clients and themselves.
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