Understanding Asian American Clients
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work
- Vol. 12 (3), 91-114
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j051v12n03_05
Abstract
Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic minority in the United States today. Therefore, the Asian American population greatly needs the services of qualified cross-cultural counselors. An ethnic match between an Asian American client and his/her counselor is generally recommended. However, due to the limited number of qualified Asian American counselors and problems sometimes encountered with an ethnic match, an ethnic match between the counselor and client is very often not realistic nor always preferred. However, Western counselors who work with Asian Americans need to understand their clients' acculturation problems. They also need to understand the preventable mistakes often made in counseling Asian American clients.Keywords
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