Cultural adaptations of psychotherapy: Therapists' applications of conceptual models with Asians and Asian Americans
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= 6), a predominantly collectivistic society. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews revealed that interdependent conceptualizations of the self and indirect communication were addressed by therapists in both countries, and therapist credibility issues were addressed only by therapists in the United States. These results imply that when culturally adapting psychotherapy, therapists incorporate elements of conceptual models that are relevant to their clients' cultures.
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- Authors
- Hall, G. C. N., Kim-Mozeleski, J. E., Zane, N. W., Sato, H., Huang, E. R., Tuan, M., & Ibaraki, A. Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Kwansei Gakuin University (JP)
- University of Washington (US)
- Western Oregon University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama
- ORCID
- Venue
- Asian American Journal of Psychology
- Published
- 2019-03
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 68-78
- ISSN
- 1948-1985 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-1993
- PMC
- PMC6402600
- OpenAlex
- W2850812527
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Asian American Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH073511)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- cultural adaptation of psychotherapy, conceptual model, Asian Americans, collectivism, interdependent self-concept, indirect communication, therapist credibility, cross-cultural psychotherapy
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