Contends that, while person-centered counseling has several characteristics that make it adaptable to working with people of different cultures, it is problematic for cross-cultural counseling because of its emphasis on the self and subjective experiences, and its reliance on client ability and willingness to verbalize feelings and experience…

Proposes that, in cross-cultural counseling, there can be synthesis of two dichotomous approaches--the culturally specific and the universal. Concludes that, within universalistic philosophical stance, there is highly specific process available to counselor. Sees client-centered therapy as therapeutic process that most effectively engages…

Conducted study to determine preferences of Cantonese-speaking Chinese college students (N=50) from Hong Kong attending a large midwestern university for either a directive or nondirective counseling approach to emotional adjustment problems. Results showed that subjects strongly preferred a directive counseling approach and attributed low…