Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Publication Date

2011

Volume

33

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

21

Keywords

Crisis counseling, Indigenous, Taiwan, Chinese, Qualitative case study

DOI

10.1007/s10447-010-9108-y

Abstract

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.

Comments

The final publication is available at link.springer.com (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10447-010-9108-y)

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