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.
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Jacob, V. (2017). Counseling asian indian immigrant families: A pastoral psychotherapeutic model. Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families: A Pastoral Psychotherapeutic Model (pp. 1–441). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64307-6
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