TY - BOOK ID - 138670349 TI - Narrative and cultural humility : Reflections from "the good witch" teaching psychotherapy in China PY - 2021 SN - 9780197512579 0197512577 PB - New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Group psychotherapy KW - Psychotherapists KW - East and West KW - Psychiatry, Transcultural KW - Study and teaching KW - Supervision of KW - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138670349 AB - "This is a story of the collision of cultures as the American author teaches group therapy to Chinese therapists over 10 years. Foundational assumptions of the two cultures are visible when clashes in understanding human experience and human relationships become the focus of attention. The author conducted experiential groups and group therapy supervision intensively in China and learned about the need for cultural humility in trying to narrate both her own experience and the experiences of her students. Unique to this book are examinations of deep psychological encounters between people with radically different worldviews. In China, many people thought of the author as "a good witch." When her approach to therapy was profoundly healing for many, she seemed to them a magical being who is a source of wisdom. Her effort to teach her theories and techniques, not at all magical to her, revealed cultural differences that are both subtle and pervasive. This book tells the story of how she learned what it means to deeply encounter people of a very different culture, what it taught her about herself and her indelibly Western mind - and also about what is universally human"-- ER -