It seems there is a lot of relevant litearature in the psychoanalytic tradition. A good paper is Bonovitz, C. (2005). Locating Culture in the Psychic Field: Transference and Countertransference as cultural productes. Contemporay Psychoanalysis, 41:55-76. Here is the abstract: … Read more »

I read the paper: Comas-Diaz, L. (2005) Becoming a Multicultural Psychotherapist: the Confluence of Culture, Ethnicity and Gender. JCLP/In Session, Vol. 61 (8), 973-981

This is an exmaple of a paper written in a very personalised style which fits with heuristic research. The author narrates her own story around her cultural influences in her becoming a therapist. she mentions the terms ‘cultural translocation’  and ‘cultural osmosis’ which are very relevant and descriptive for my research.Also there is the term of ethnocultural psychotherapy defined as an approach that is acknowledging the centrality of culture and ethnicity in behaviour.  There are a few useful quotes i wish to record: … Read more »

Another interesting book…talking about the anthropology of ‘home’ etc . I need to photocopy the chapter (p. 85) titled “Governing distant times and spaces: It’s all Greek to some” (!) as it discusses some very hot debates about notions of mobility, colonisation etc…i see often that in the counselling relationship, the dynamic of who has invaded or who has been invaded instead in the cultural background of both counsellor and client may be echoing some very subtle energies that remain often unconscious…more to write on that!

I have been reading this book which gives an interdisciplinary theoretical perspective to the topic, although the main emphasis is from a sociological point of view. It emphasis that culture and identity is a major thoretical and empirial development in contemporary sociology. It is good to record soem quotes for future reference in my literature review, such as: … Read more »

Ahmed, S, Castanenda, C, Fortier, A.M and Sheller, M. (2003) Uprootings/Regroundings: Questions of Home and Mogration. Oxford: Berg Publishers

What a great book i just borrowed from the library, i really cannot wait making time space to immerse in it. Here is a brief description from amazon: … Read more »