Questions for chapter thirteen:  Working with Asian American Clients: An Interview with Dan Hocoy (Diller book)

 

  1. What percentage of the population is projected to be Asian American by 2050?
  2. What percentage of the Asian population in the United States is made up of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders? 
  3. Many Chinese and Japanese Americans have been in the United States for three or more generations.  What role did they play in the economic development of the Western United States? 
  4. What are the origins of the two streams of recent Asian and Pacific Islander immigration?
  5. Where are the largest urban populations of Asian Americans in the United States? 
  6. What percentage of the Hmong population can be found in Minnesota and Wisconsin? 
  7. How does the median income of an Asian household compare to the median income of a White household and an African American household? 
  8. What is meant by “Education in Asian communities is bimodal?”
  9. At a psychological level, what does “model minority” status really mean? 
  10. What has now somewhat eroded the idea of Asian Americans as the “model minority?” 
  11. What is highly valued in traditional Asian families? 
  12. Social expectations and proper behavior are reinforced through what mechanisms? 
  13. What are the roles of fathers in the traditional Asian families? 
  14. What type of children is highly prized? 
  15. What roles are older daughters expected to play? 
  16. Describe two of the five traditional Asian American family types? 
  17. Describe two of the potential value conflicts that might arise between Asian American Clients and Western trained counselors. 
  18. What did Dan Hocoy associate with being Chinese? 
  19. Whose phrase (who said it) is “The chains of mental slavery?”
  20. What is different for Asian Americans in terms of history in the United States (this is the first factor identified by Hocoy)?  
  21. How do Asians tend to be portrayed in the U.S. Culture and media? 
  22. Much of Asian culture and society is based on what value? 
  23. What traits have made Asian Americans an easier target for abuse and discrimination? 
  24. When the Chinese were first brought to California, they provided services that were typically provided by what group, lacking in California at that time? 
  25. Today, what kinds of jobs are often taken by Asians? 
  26. What can you find out by asking clients what they consider themselves? 
  27. With the Chinese naming practice, what guides a person’s name?  .
  28. What is great honor given to in Asian cultures? 
  29. If you are seeing an Asian family as a therapist, whom should you address first and with what title? 
  30. Describe the Chinese exclusion Act of 1882, and how it changes over the years. 
  31. What are two of the recent reminders of discrimination against Asian Americans in the United States? 
  32. Why was Bruce Lee rejected for the role of a Chinese Shaolin priest in the television show Kung Fu?
  33. What do the Chinese people call Whites? 
  34. What are four things the Chinese invented?
  35. In times of need, who are Asian Americans likely to turn to for assistance? 
  36. What are the traditional ways to self-knowledge in Asian cultures (as opposed to therapy)? 
  37. What is associated with an Asian American leaving the community and seeking professional help? 
  38. What is the first important step in therapy with Asian Americans and what should the therapist convey? 
  39. Asian culture is heavily based on what? 
  40. In therapy, problems may not be explicitly stated.  How should clinicians go about identifying the client’s problems? 
  41. What might bring students into therapy? 
  42. Explain the “mismatch syndrome.” 
  43. What is the first thing Hocoy suggests assessing when working with an Asian American client?    
  44. Describe one of the modes of acculturation. 
  45. Which mode of acculturation brings the greatest likelihood of psychological well-being? 
  46. What may the counselor need to do in working with traditional Asian clients, before any kind of rapport can be established? 
  47. When treating Asian clients, it may be important for Western therapists to be more __________ than they normally are with non-Asian clients. 
  48. Interventions should reflect or be consistent with Asian _________.
  49. The case study of Terrence demonstrates a conflict that was _________ in nature.