Clinical work with minorities in Japan: social and cultural context.
Psychotherapeutic work in Japan with minority populations requires an understanding of their specific social and cultural context. Clinical case studies of individuals of burakumin, Korean, and mixed ancestry illustrate the complex issues of prejudice, discrimination, legal contraints, state ideology, and popular mythology of homogeneity that each brings to counseling. Clinical approaches, guided by a multicultural counseling and therapy framework, are discussed.
Murphy-Shigematsu
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International Center, University of Tokyo, Japan. smshige@ic.u-tokyo.ac.jp
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology