The Adaptation of Solution-focused Therapy in Chinese Culture: A Linguistic Perspective  

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Yeung, Frederick K.C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Transcultural Psychiatry vol. 36 no. 4 (Des. 1999), page 477–489.
Topik: Chinese; counseling; cross-cultural psychotherapy; language; narrative; solution-focused therapy
Fulltext: 477TP364.pdf (164.83KB)

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Using solution-focused therapy as an example, this article discusses linguistic considerations in the cross-cultural adaptation of psychotherapy to Chinese-speaking clients.As the primary medium through which a client's story is presented and transformed, language plays a crucial role in therapeutic conversation. Some differences between the Chinese and English languages, such as the construction of words and grammatical structure, are introduced. An examination of three linguistic dimensions – lexical usage, syntax and intonation and rhythm – illustrate the important role of language in the cross-cultural adaptation of psychotherapeutic techniques.

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