Asian Journal of Counselling


Vol. 10 No. 2 , Pages 169 - 192 , 2003

Multicultural Considerations in Counseling Chinese Clients: Introducing the Narrative Alternative

David W. CHAN

Abstract

While therapists and counselors counseling Chinese clients emphasize the need to become culturally sensitive and competent through developing culture-specific strategies, the movement to indigenize psychotherapy and counseling could also be understood within this framework of multicultural considerations. Narrative therapy as a postmodern form of practice is introduced as an alternative through considering the narrative metaphor, the narrative therapeutic process, and the narrative challenges to traditional approaches. The viability of the narrative alternative, demonstrated with illustration from three cases, is discussed.

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