COURSE DESCRIPTION

An introduction to theory, process, and practice of counseling in cross-cultural context,

with emphasis on relational skills and practical strategies for intercultural application.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After taking the course, the students are expected:

1. to acknowledge the importance of cultural dynamics in communication and counseling and to be aware of the complexity of cross-cultural interaction;

2. to acquire the knowledge of theoretical and methodological aspect of

cross-cultural counseling.

3. to gain some practical experience in cross-cultural counseling personally.

REQUIRED TEXT (on reserve in the library)

Hesselgrave, David

1984 Counseling Cross-Culturally. Grand Rapids: Baker.

Augsburger, David.

1985 Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures. Philadelphia: Westminster

Press.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

(informants/clients for assignments #2, #3, #4 preferably are from the same socio-cultural background)

1. Reading (5%)

Read the texts in preparation for class

2. Ethnographic Interview & Report (25%)

Conduct an ethnographic interview on the emic view of “sickness” and “wellness”

with an informant of a target people-group with approved choice (someone other

than your own cultural background with a different mother-tongue than your own).

3. Practicing & Reporting – Cross-cultural Counseling Session(s) (25%)

Practice cross-cultural counseling with a client of your choice with the focus of

your choice by practically applying what you have learned from class and doing

assignments #1 & #2. Use point form to list out insights gained from the session(s).

4. Case Study Report (45%)

Use point form to compile a “guidebook” for counseling the target group of your

Choice with coverage on: ethnographic understanding, methodological

modification, procedural adjustment, etc. that are different from traditional

Western counseling practice.

COURSE OUTLINE (Tentative, subject to future change)

I. Introduction

II. Review of Christian counseling: history, theory and practice.

III. Theoretical orientation of cross-cultural counseling:

definition, complexity and variety.

IV. Theological foundation of cross-cultural counseling:

precedent, principle and practice.

V. Practical case-studies of cross-cultural counseling

5.1 Samples - categories by cultures

5.2 Samples - categories by types

5.3 Samples - categories by comparison

VI. Practicing and Reporting on cross-cultural counseling

VII. Conclusion

INTERESTING REFERENCES (on reserve in the library)

Augsburger, David.

1986 Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures. Philadelphia: Westminster Press.

1987

De Revek, A.V.S./ Porter, Ruth

1965 Transcultural Psychiatry.

Hesselgrave, David

1984 Counseling Cross-Culturally. Grand Rapids: Baker.

Ivey, Allen et. al.

1993 Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Multicultural Perspective. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Kirwan, William T.

1984 Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House.

Pedersen, Paul P. et al.

1981 Counseling Across Cultures. Hawaii: The University Press of Hawaii.

Su, Derald.

1981 Counseling the Culturally Different. N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons.

Wan, Enoch (ed.)

1995 Missions within Reach. Canada: China Alliance Press.