Overview
Addresses the unique issues faced by Asian-Indian immigrant families in seeking professional counselling
Develops a new psychotherapeautic model which deals with stressors brought about by acculturation
Utilizes rich case studies throughout
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides insight into the unique challenges facing Indian and South Asian immigrants in the West—particularly in the United States. It explores the “baggage” they carry; their expectations versus the realities of negotiating a new cultural, social, religious, and economic milieu; nostalgia and idealization of the past; and the hybridity of existence. Within this context, the author discusses factors which often contribute to intergenerational family conflict among this population. Jacob asserts that this conflict is largely a product of differences in cultural values and identity, acculturation stress, and the experience of marginality. After analyzing and interpreting empirical data collected from two hundred families, he proposes the “Praxis-Reflection-Action” (PRA) Model: a five-stage therapeutic model and the first pastoral psychotherapeutic model developed for the Asian Indians living in the West.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families
Book Subtitle: A Pastoral Psychotherapeutic Model
Authors: Varughese Jacob
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64307-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64306-9Published: 16 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87767-9Published: 24 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64307-6Published: 01 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 441
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Child and School Psychology, Cross Cultural Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging