Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families: A Pastoral Psychotherapeutic Model
by Varughese Jacob /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book provides insight into the unique challenges facing
Indian and South Asian immigrants in the West―particularly in the
United States. It explores the “baggage” they carry; their
expectations versus the realities of negotiating a new cultural,
social, religious, and economic milieu; nostalgia and
idealization of the past; and the hybridity of existence. Within
this context, the author discusses factors which often contribute
to intergenerational family conflict among this population. Jacob
asserts that this conflict is largely a product of differences in
cultural values and identity, acculturation stress, and the
experience of marginality. After analyzing and interpreting
empirical data collected from two hundred families, he proposes
the “Praxis-Reflection-Action” (PRA) Model: a five-stage
therapeutic model and the first pastoral psychotherapeutic model
developed for the Asian Indians living in the West.
This book provides insight into the unique challenges facing
Indian and South Asian immigrants in the West―particularly in the
United States. It explores the “baggage” they carry; their
expectations versus the realities of negotiating a new cultural,
social, religious, and economic milieu; nostalgia and
idealization of the past; and the hybridity of existence. Within
this context, the author discusses factors which often contribute
to intergenerational family conflict among this population. Jacob
asserts that this conflict is largely a product of differences in
cultural values and identity, acculturation stress, and the
experience of marginality. After analyzing and interpreting
empirical data collected from two hundred families, he proposes
the “Praxis-Reflection-Action” (PRA) Model: a five-stage
therapeutic model and the first pastoral psychotherapeutic model
developed for the Asian Indians living in the West.
