HISTORY Asian and American cultures are as different as black (yin) and white (yang)‚ or east and west. While American culture is relatively new‚ in terms of history‚ the Asian culture is one of the world’s oldest‚ with its earliest origins believed to be Sumer‚ located near the Persian Gulf‚ in approximately 3500 B.C. China is believed to be the world’s oldest existing civilization‚ beginning with the Shang Dynasty in around 1500 B.C. (Chan‚ 1991). RELIGION While there are two religions prevalent
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help is sought‚ Asian Indians tend to hold the expectation that the therapist will serve as a benefactor or guru and provide them with specific advice‚ rather than assisting the client to understand their role in the presenting problem. Consequently‚ as a counselor I should ask more relevant questions and refrain from asking too many personal questions. To better serve the client‚ as any counseling session‚ need to prepare the client for counseling stages as what happens in counseling‚ verbal disclosure
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Counseling and Psychotherapy May 08 Theories of Counseling What is a theory of counseling? * idea of what works when you talk to someone * philosophical framework of view of humans * who the person‚ how the theory describes them * template techniques and interventions to all curate anxieties * concepts of healthy /dysfunction Why are they important? * Framework to look at ideas * Outlines goals * Not as important as the therapeutic relationship * More important
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Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Walden University Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Actress Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3‚ 1986 and grew up in Thousand Oaks‚ California. She is the youngest of three children of Lynn‚ a dental assistant and office manager‚ and Rick Bynes‚ a dentist. Bynes’ ancestors immigrated from Ireland‚ Poland‚ Russia and Romania‚ and her maternal grandparents are from Toronto‚ Ontario. Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish (“Amanda Bynes Biography
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Asian Americans Asians are not a homogenous group. They do‚ however‚ constitute a significant minority group in the United States. Asian Americans represent many distinct subgroups that speak different languages‚ worship through different religions‚ and practice different customs and beliefs. The main groups are East Asians (Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean)‚ Pacific Islanders‚ Southeast Asians (Thai‚ Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ Laotian)‚ and South Asian (Indian and Pakistani). Threads of similarities may run
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Asian Americans represent a diverse range of over twenty-nine unique people groups and cultures. Asian philosophy is group-centered rather than individual-centered as Western culture is. While this philosophy is not necessarily wrong‚ it presents different perspectives and problems of which Western-trained counselors should be aware. A individual’s identity is highly tied into identifying with the culture and customs they from which they come‚ deviating from culture and tradition such as seeing a
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Lethal Sex: Conditions of Disclosure in Counseling Sexually Active Clients with HIV Elliot D. Cohen‚ Ph.D. The present HIV pandemic presents challenges for mental health practitioners who‚ in the course of therapy‚ sometimes become privy to confidential information about potentially lethal sexual relationships ongoing between the client and one or more uninformed partner(s). In this lecture I will discuss the current professional/legal status of making disclosure in such cases‚ and
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Gevelekian 1 Tatiana Gevelekian Professor Lai AAS 9 November 2013 The Effects of Public Policy Public policies have played a large role in creating the suburbs and contributing to segregation in Los Angeles. The 1956 Interstate Defense Highway Act helped create and sustain suburbs but the process maintained segregation against those of low income. After the streetcar system government organizations built freeways in areas of low income‚ leaving residents with no choice but to evacuate
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SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY Counseling Arab Americans Jay C Coleman Amridge University Abstract The belief‚ common among non-Arab Americans‚ that Arabic families are oppressive and dominated by violent fathers who mistreat their wives and children‚ has been documented in numerous sources (e.g. Suleiman‚ 1988‚ Al-Mughni‚ 1993). This is probably not unexpected given the struggle to fit traditional Islam with expanding women’s rights throughout the Muslim world (Al-Mughni‚ 1993). Despite
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recent surge of Asian Americans in American cinema‚ we are noticing that the stereotypes that we have used in the past are actually being used by their culture to break into American culture. Days of portraying Asian Americans as unintelligible and subservient are gone and are being replaced with a whole new outlook. The introduction of Martial Arts into American film has evolved the way Asians are viewed in American cinema. Quentin Tarantino introduced a whole new outlook to Asian culture with his
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