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One therapist, four cultures: working with families in Greater China
Author(s) -
Lee Wai–Yung
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00215
Subject(s) - ethnic group , trainer , china , psychology , set (abstract data type) , intervention (counseling) , family therapy , social psychology , gender studies , developmental psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , geography , anthropology , psychiatry , archaeology , computer science , programming language
Rather than addressing ethnicity through a pre–set cultural lens, I discuss how my experiences as a family therapy trainer in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shanghai taught me to understand culture through the lens of the family. Similarities and differences among these cultural domains were reviewed. I also demonstrate how each encounter shaped my emotional responses and ways of intervention in the course of family interviews. Even though I belong to the same ethnic background, I had to interact differently in different arenas, despite my cultural values and theoretical orientation.