Life values, psychotherapy, and East-West integration.
This paper intends to examine life-styles and values of East and West and to note apparent differences and underlying commonalities relevant to psychotherapy and clinical issues. Topics discussed include a public versus private orientation, a pragmatic versus psychodynamic approach, and dependence versus independence.
D002681:China; D003219:Confidentiality; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008019:Life Style; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010551:Personality; D010684:Philosophy; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States