This chapter speaks to the private practice clinical experience of working with intergenerational issues among Asian American clients with a Christian background. I will highlight how the intersection of Asian American cultural and family values with white evangelical Christian ideals might support or challenge family intergenerational relationships. Using clinical case studies, I will be exploring […]
Asian Americans juggle the intersections of multiple social identities and societal discourses as they respond to experiences of immigration, marginalization, and patriarchy, integrate collectivist and individualistic family values, and form families and intimate relationships. In this study we examine what we have learned as we apply Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT) with heterosexual couples of Asian
Few studies examine the intersection of family, culture, and spirituality. This study looks at the intergenerational relationships in Chinese American Christian familiesas experienced by first and second generation family members. An interpretative phenomenological analysis was used (n = 16). Results reveal that both generations experience intergenerational tension and disconnect; how participants navigated this was further
In this clinical project our research group of counseling and family sciences doctoral students, utilizing socio-emotional relationship therapy, studied our process of becoming socio-culturally attuned with our client couples. The aims of this clinical project were to operationally define socio-cultural attunement, identify therapist and client indicators of socio-cultural attunement, and outline a model of how