title: Counseling Asians: psychotherapy in the context of racism and Asian-American history.
abstract: The historical experience of Asian immigrants to the United States is outlined, and implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Asian-Americans are considered. It is suggested that, in charting therapeutic goals for Asians, three major factors must be taken into account: 1) when and why Asians migrated to the United States, and where they settled; 2) the number of years, and the impact, of public education; and 3) conflicting cultural norms that complicate the acculturation process.
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012752:Shame; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States