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ERIC Number: EJ915139
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Mar
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0165-0653
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Indigenous Crisis Counseling in Taiwan: An Exploratory Qualitative Case Study of an Expert Therapist
Kuo, Ben C. H.; Hsu, Wei-Su; Lai, Nien-Hwa
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, v33 n1 p1-21 Mar 2011
In this study, we adopted a single qualitative case study method to explore and examine indigenous approaches to crisis counseling in Taiwan, through the distinct lens of an expert Taiwanese counseling psychologist. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted with the psychologist (as the case) to document her lived clinical experiences counseling a grief-stricken Taiwanese family in crisis (as the context). Using open-code data analysis, five cultural themes were abstracted from the interviews: a) significance of counselor's authority and expertness; b) primacy of client-counselor rapport and relationship; c) centrality of collective familism; d) observance of indigenous grief response and process; and e) adherence to face-saving communication and interpersonal patterns. Implications for implementing crisis counseling practice and research with native Taiwanese/Chinese clients based on these preliminary findings are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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