Narrative and Cultural Humility
Reflections from "The Good Witch" Teaching Psychotherapy in China
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 November 2022
- ISBN 9780197667354
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 154x236x13 mm
- Weight 318 g
- Language English 237
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Short description:
Narrative and Cultural Humility examines the collision of cultures as Josselson taught group therapy to Chinese therapists over the course of 10 years. Her time in China led to lessons on the need for cultural humility in trying to narrate both her own experience and the experiences of her students.
MoreLong description:
People from Eastern and Western cultures have differences in their perception and understanding of the world that are not well represented by a collectivist/individualist distinction. Differences in worldview are inscribed in personal relationships and the ways in which people try to understand the "other" in relation to themselves. When people from the East and West encounter one another, these differences are brought to the fore in jarring moments of culture clash. Such encounters, seen through a contextualized narrative lens can offer insights for deeper cross-cultural knowing.
In Narrative and Cultural Humility Ruthellen Josselson recounts her time teaching group therapy to Chinese therapists over the course of ten years and illustrates her own profound experience of cultural dissonance. For example, many of her students regarded her as what they termed "a good witch" seeing her as a transformative healer purveying something magical rather than a teacher of psychotherapy with theories and techniques that could be learned. At the same time, she was often mystified by their learning styles and organizational processes which were so different from her own experiences. In these instances, along with others chronicled in the book, Josselson confronts the foundational (and often unconscious) assumptions embedded in cultural worldviews (on both sides) that are manifest in nearly every interaction. This re-telling underscores the need for cultural humility when narrating one's experiences and the experiences of different relational cultures. While narrative is always rooted in culture-bound worldviews, it can also be a way of bridging them. Narrative and Cultural Humility ultimately tells the story of what it means to recognize our own unspoken assumptions to better connect with people of another culture. It also highlights the values and needs that are universally human.
This honest, moving, and interesting account explains the difficulties of building a training program from scratch and
Table of Contents:
1. Narrative and Foundational Assumptions
2. Western Psychotherapy in an Eastern Context
3. There is No Sex in China - and Other Misunderstandings
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Robin - My Gateway, Guide, Ears and Voice in China
6. Chinese Psychotherapy Patients
7. Group Therapy and Healing in China
8. The Dilemmas of Training, Trauma and Culture
9. The Political is Personal
10. Lessons in Supervision
11. The Good Witch
12. Beyond Dependency
13. The Good Witch Tries to Say Goodbye
14. Reflections on Narrative and Cultural Humility
