Providing Bereavement Counseling to Chinese Americans: A Cultural Adaptation of a Western Grief Counseling Model

Date of Award

Spring 6-14-2013

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Fernand Lubuguin

Second Advisor

Hale Martin

Third Advisor

Michelle Dawson

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

Bereavement, Treatment manual, Behavior CBT, Death and dying, Multicultural counseling, Mourning rituals, Religion and philosophy, Coping styles, Cultural barriers, Chinese, Grief counseling

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to extend the existing literature and propose an alternative perspective on bereavement counseling with Chinese Americans. This aim is achieved by integrating William Worden's (2009) grief counseling model with several cultural components that are relevant to counseling with Chinese Americans, including: (a) the barriers to seeking counseling, (b) the clinical presentations of Asian Americans, (c) the common coping styles among Asian Americans, (d) the major Chinese religions and philosophies, and (e) the bereavement-related cultural practices. The corresponding treatment recommendations will be explored following the discussion of each cultural element. Finally, a culturally responsive grief counseling model for Chinese Americans will be proposed in the last section, along with a discussion of important caveats.

Copyright Date

6-14-2013

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Lillian I. Chen

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

106 pgs

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