1. Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy
... deny that these cultural differences do exist. Maiello (1999) establishes that for cross-cultural psychotherapy to be considerate of the patient's 'otherness,' the therapist's listening function must include a 'translation' of the specific meanings of cultural aspects from the patients 'language' into his own, and his interpretive function must be performed so that a &apos ... ;translation' back into the patient's 'language' is operated. This requires a substantial knowledge of the mental functioning. If this is neglected, Western cultural criteria for the definition ...
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