Meanings of Counseling: A Hong Kong contextual Perspective

Leung (Tiffany Wing-sum)
Verenigd Koninkrijk

Submission type

Oral only

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Kernwoorden

practitioner-narratives, counseling, Hong-Kong, indigenous, post-colonialism.

Onderzoeksgebied

Political, social & cultural perspectives

Introductie

This paper explores criticality and qualitative inquiry of counseling from an indigenous perspective. By using the case of Hong Kong, China, this research entails how counseling, a western product has been adopted and modified by the different Hong Kong social/mental health disciplines in the postcolonial era.

Materiaal en methodes

The study is a qualitative research aiming to articulate different professionals' narrative accounts in Hong Kong ranging across 6 disciplines. 19 Semi-structured interviews were conducted: 1st phase (14 participants) focused on practitioners' narratives on Hong Kong Chinese meanings of counseling. 2nd phase (5 participants) was an extension to address changes and actions in regards to the current socio-political status.

Resultaten

Results were based on discourse analysis, with framework presented - 1: conceptualization of counseling; 2: contextualization of counseling, including a. academic training influences; b. types of counseling services based on the professional role; c. Funding led services 3. The underlying Institutional dynamics with a) the government; b) within the mental health professions; c) academic institutions, d) the public Postcolonial framework helped shed light on how institutionalization has evolved and orchestrates counseling conceptualization/development.

Conclusie

Research implications advocate the muddling interplay between the different territorial powers, which should be actively challenged to stimulate dialogue and constructive actions.