Assignment: Individual Therapy In this week's Discussion, you considered broad differences between non-Western and Western psychotherapeutic interventions. The focus of this week's Application is individual therapy, one specific type of psychotherapeutic intervention. Most people think of individual therapy as a client sitting with their therapist to address the client's concerns. This is indeed one type of individual therapy. This week’s learning resources refer to different approaches in individual therapy such as: psychoanalysis, behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and counseling. Regardless of the approach, individual therapy depends on a person's willingness to seek therapy and the relationship between a therapist and a client. In this Application, you consider how sociocultural context influences individual therapy. To prepare for this Assignment: · Review Chapter 8 in your textbook, Toward a Global Psychology: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Pedagogy. Pay particular attention to the following sections: "A Global Panorama of Psychotherapy: Innovations, Modifications, and Elaborations", "Psychotherapy in its Sociocultural Context", and “Expectations, Preferences, and Styles: Cultural, Characteristics and Differences”. · Consider the differences in the expectations, preferences, and styles of psychotherapy with Chinese clients and African and Indian Clients. · Review the article, " Wrapping and unwrapping emotions: Clinical practice with East Asian Immigrant Elders," paying particular attention to attitudes toward psychotherapy and therapist-client relationships. · Review the following videos: "Tango and Analysis," "Argentina in Therapy – Trailer Film," and "Argentina in Therapy – Pre-Title Sequence." Focus on attitudes toward psychotherapy and therapist-client relationships. · Consider similarities and differences in attitudes toward individual therapy in Argentina and Eastern Asia. · Think about how sociocultural context, in general, influences attitudes toward therapy. · Consider similarities and differences in therapist-client relationships between Argentina and Eastern Asia. · Reflect on how sociocultural context, in general, influences therapist-client relationships. The Assignment (3–4 pages): · Explain how the sociocultural context influences attitudes toward both therapy and therapist-client relationships. · Compare the differences in the expectations, preferences, and styles of psychotherapy among Chinese, African, and Indian clients. · Describe the similarities and differences in attitudes toward both individual therapy and therapist-client relationships in Argentina and Eastern Asia. Note: Support the responses within your Assignment with evidence from the assigned Learning Resources. Provide a reference list for resources you used for this Assignment. Please read and view (where applicable) the following Learning Resources before you complete this week's assignments. Course Text: Stevens, M. J., & Gielen, U. P. (2007 ...

1. Assignment: Individual Therapy
In this week's Discussion, you considered broad differences
between non-Western and Western psychotherapeutic
interventions. The focus of this week's Application is individual
therapy, one specific type of psychotherapeutic intervention.
Most people think of individual therapy as a client sitting with
their therapist to address the client's concerns. This is indeed
one type of individual therapy. This week’s learning resources
refer to different approaches in individual therapy such as:
psychoanalysis, behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and
counseling. Regardless of the approach, individual therapy
depends on a person's willingness to seek therapy and the
relationship between a therapist and a client. In this
Application, you consider how sociocultural context influences
individual therapy.
To prepare for this Assignment:
· Review Chapter 8 in your textbook, Toward a Global
Psychology: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Pedagogy. Pay
particular attention to the following sections: "A Global
Panorama of Psychotherapy: Innovations, Modifications, and
Elaborations", "Psychotherapy in its Sociocultural Context",
and “Expectations, Preferences, and Styles: Cultural,
Characteristics and Differences”.
· Consider the differences in the expectations, preferences, and
styles of psychotherapy with Chinese clients and African and
Indian Clients.
· Review the article, " Wrapping and unwrapping emotions:
Clinical practice with East Asian Immigrant Elders," paying
particular attention to attitudes toward psychotherapy and
therapist-client relationships.
· Review the following videos: "Tango and Analysis,"
"Argentina in Therapy – Trailer Film," and "Argentina in
Therapy – Pre-Title Sequence." Focus on attitudes toward
psychotherapy and therapist-client relationships.

2. · Consider similarities and differences in attitudes toward
individual therapy in Argentina and Eastern Asia.
· Think about how sociocultural context, in general, influences
attitudes toward therapy.
· Consider similarities and differences in therapist-client
relationships between Argentina and Eastern Asia.
· Reflect on how sociocultural context, in general, influences
therapist-client relationships.
The Assignment (3–4 pages):
· Explain how the sociocultural context influences attitudes
toward both therapy and therapist-client relationships.
· Compare the differences in the expectations, preferences, and
styles of psychotherapy among Chinese, African, and Indian
clients.
· Describe the similarities and differences in attitudes toward
both individual therapy and therapist-client relationships in
Argentina and Eastern Asia.
Note: Support the responses within your Assignment with
evidence from the assigned Learning Resources. Provide a
reference list for resources you used for this Assignment.
Please read and view (where applicable) the following Learning
Resources before you complete this week's assignments.
Course Text: Stevens, M. J., & Gielen, U. P. (2007). Toward a
glob al psychology: Theory, research, intervention, and
pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
· Chapter 8, "Psychotherapeutic and Related Interventions for a
Global Psychology"
Shibusawa, T., & Chung, I. (2009). Wrapping and unwrapping
emotions: Clinical practice with East Asian immigrant elders.
Clinical Social Work Journal, 37(4), 312–319.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
Blando, J. A. (2009). Buddhist psychotherapy with older GLBT
clients. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 5(1/2), 92–81.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.

3. Kavak, F., Ekinci, M. (2016). The effect of yoga on functional
recovery level in schizophrenic patients. Archives of
Psychiatric Nursing, 30(6), 761–767.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.Required Media
Online Video: JerichoTV. (2008, August 19). Tango and
analysis [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rRNczyT0OI&feature=relate
d
This approximately 4-minute video explains why psychoanalysis
is so popular in Argentina.
Online Video: JerichoTV. (2007, December 5). Argentina in
therapy - Trailor film [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqprzvx4pbY
This approximately 2-minute video reinforces the part that
psychotherapy plays in Argentina.
Online Video: JerichoTV. (2008, August 18), Argentina in
therapy - Pre-title sequence [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNprhvBjmP0&feature=relat
ed
This approximately 3-minute video continues to reinforce the
part that psychotherapy plays in Argentina.