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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254793203321

Autore

Jacob Varughese

Titolo

Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families : A Pastoral Psychotherapeutic Model / / by Varughese Jacob

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-64307-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXV, 441 p. 5 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.8914

Soggetti

Psychotherapy

Counseling

Child psychology

School psychology

Cross-cultural psychology

Social groups

Family

Psychotherapy and Counseling

Child and School Psychology

Cross Cultural Psychology

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Historical and Cultural Factors in Ethnic Identity Formation of Asian Indian Immigrants: Understanding the Context of Care -- 3. Cultural Identity and Intergenerational Conflicts -- 4. Presentation of Findings and Interpretation of the Empirical Data -- 5. Relationship, Culture, Community and Personhood -- 6. Marginality and Theology of New Marginality -- 7. Cohesive Self and New Marginality: A Mutual Critical Correlation -- 8. Praxis-Reflection-Action Model: An Interdisciplinary Approach of Pastoral Care and Counseling -- 9. Application of Praxis-Reflection-Action Model of Pastoral Counseling.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides insight into the unique challenges facing Indian and



South Asian immigrants in the West—particularly in the United States. It explores the “baggage” they carry; their expectations versus the realities of negotiating a new cultural, social, religious, and economic milieu; nostalgia and idealization of the past; and the hybridity of existence. Within this context, the author discusses factors which often contribute to intergenerational family conflict among this population. Jacob asserts that this conflict is largely a product of differences in cultural values and identity, acculturation stress, and the experience of marginality. After analyzing and interpreting empirical data collected from two hundred families, he proposes the “Praxis-Reflection-Action” (PRA) Model: a five-stage therapeutic model and the first pastoral psychotherapeutic model developed for the Asian Indians living in the West. .