What is Helpful? Stories of Counselling by Asian Canadians
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2013-04-09
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My interest in Asian Canadians’ perception of helpful counselling emerged from the discrepancy I felt between my personal counselling experience and the knowledge I learned from the current literature. Informed by knowledge of acculturation and the worldview of collectivism, scholars have identified some useful counselling strategies for Asian clients. Nevertheless, it has been argued that current understandings fail to address clients’ perspective. Using a narrative approach to research, I conducted this study aiming to gain a better understanding, from the perspective of East and Southeast Asian clients, of how counsellors could improve service delivery. Eight participants shared stories of their counselling experiences. Themes emerged reveal that counselling was once perceived as problem-oriented, but became a valuable experience when clients were able to gain different perspectives and self-awareness. The results also highlight that client’s self-agency plays an important role in the counselling process. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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Educational Psychology, Education--Guidance and Counseling
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Lo, L. K. (2013). What is Helpful? Stories of Counselling by Asian Canadians (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28691