(1) School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Louis Kaplan Hall, 525 W. Redwood St., 21201 Baltimore, MD
Abstract:
The following study proposes that differences in traditions and values between Western clinicians and Asian American clients manifests in therapeutic dilemmas, and offers recommendations for cross-cultural practice with Asian American adolescents and their families. The themes that will be examined are independence vs. acculturation/individuation, equality vs. hierarchy/authority, and supportive vs. dynamic treatment.