A cross-cultural comparison of East Indian and Anglo-European expectations of counselling

Abstract

The findings of this paper add support to the view that the expectations of thisminority group appear not to be very different from those of the majority asdominant culture. What is different is the degree to which both adults and adolescentsagree that there should be a family involvement. Further, as the understandingof what minority groups want and how they best can obtain it becomesknown, cross-cultural counselling can become not a separate entity, but one ofshifting attention to the distinct cultural value dimensions which the client bringswith him or her to counselling and utilizing the culturally appropriate methodsrelated to the identified expectations.