[Podcast of the Week] [090318]Immigrant Mentality and Fear
Do you listen to the podcast? I have to admit that I am really slow into the podcast world. I started to get hooked into
September 3, 2018
Do you listen to the podcast? I have to admit that I am really slow into the podcast world. I started to get hooked into
Culture is also a shared meaning created by people from different historical and geographic background represented through different roles, rituals, and symbols.
As a therapist, when I worked with an individual client, I strive to create a shared meaning with my clients through their narratives. When I work with the couples, I help them to understand their narratives to create a shared meaning in their family.
The implication here is that, as a therapist, our job is not just about knowing the so-called “Hispanic culture” but also how the clients made sense of their own culture through their interaction with the mainstream culture as a child. Also, how do they make sense or how do they develop these experiences into certain meanings to guide their lives?
by understanding the history of the country of origin, it helps to assess the questions regarding the family factors
I struggled to continue writing this series of article for a few weeks. My original writing plan is to share my experiences working with various
Family resilience can be defined as a multilevel process of interaction between families and other systems in complex or challenging environments that facilitates a family’s capacity to cope with adversity over time.
(Dr. Ungar, 2015)
…an individual’s decision to immigrate and the chances to be successful in the immigration country was not an individual but a family decision …
The idea to share my experience working with immigrant population has been on my mind for a while. As a therapist who is an
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