Transference and Empathy in Asian American Psychotherapy: Cultural Values and Treatment Needs

by MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, Joan Huser Liem, Jean Lau Chin

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027594493X
• ISBN13: 9780275944933
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"