Suggests that insight as a participant-observer is more valuable than merely hearing about other people's experiences. Discusses experiential learning, the use of simulations and structured exercises as safe places to take risks, and learning cultural patterns of assumption. (LRW)

Describes examples of simulations and strategies for teaching about psychology that were developed in Indonesia and Malaysia to incorporate and address controversies related to cultural differences. A model that simulates the influence of a client's cultural context in counseling is explained, and developing stereotyped synthetic cultures is…

All counseling approaches presume a culturally learned conceptual framework and a culturally appropriate contextual preference for counseling. These systems emphasize the importance of complexity and balance in counseling relationships. (Author/ABB)

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With increases in worldwide urbanization and modernization, there is an increased global emphasis on counseling as a viable approach to providing human services from a multicultural perspective. This article offers a window to the world for counselors seeking more information and contact with colleagues around the world. (Author/KW)

This paper presents a comprehensive three-dimensional view of counseling which incorporates nonformal and informal counseling modes. Several specific issues in cross-cultural counseling are cited and the distinction between the process of counseling and its functions is discussed. Case examples of the use of nonformal and informal counseling modes…

Investigated the relative importance of multicultural counselors' experience or training in their choice of intercultural, interpersonal, or psychopathological attributions when interpreting 20 brief multicultural critical incidents. An inverse correlation was found between experience or training and emphasis on intercultural, as opposed to…

Symbolic meaning expressed by Chinese language characters is helpful to non-Chinese persons in understanding Chinese culture. The implicit metaphors in Chinese characters present pictographic descriptions of the meaning in the form of a story, situation, or symbol which places the otherwise abstract concept in a cultural context. All languages…