Counseling Muslim Americans: Cultural and Spiritual Assessments

Ibrahim, Farah A.; Dykeman, Cass

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.2011.tb02835.x

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“…Ibrahim and Cass (2011) revealed that the success in acculturation process of Arab immigrants depends on the level to which they stick to the religious traditions and the character of religion as well (p. 388). Islam, as with other world religions, contains different interior movements distinctive from each other in beliefs, traditions, norms, and values.…”

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“…Islam, as with other world religions, contains different interior movements distinctive from each other in beliefs, traditions, norms, and values. Such differences, according to Ibrahim and Cass (2011), play an immense role in the future process of acculturation, where more radical Islamic views hinder the process of acculturation (p. 389).…”

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Acculturation Process of Arab-Muslim Immigrants in the United States

Wekhian¹

2015

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While globalization has made this world smaller, interdependent, and heterogeneous, clashes among different cultures became inevitable. Immigrants leave their home country for many reasons, by choice or necessity. The U.S. is considered one of the countries that enjoys its cultural diversity. In the case of Arab-Muslim immigrants, they came to the U.S. either seeking a better life, or fleeing prosecution. They come from completely different culture, language, and religion. This move makes them prone to experience one or more challenges: assimilation, integration, separation, or marginalization. Since assimilation is very hard to achieve, integration is the ideal choice for which scholars aspier. This paper investigates the acculturation process of Arab-Muslim immigrants in the U.S. Results showed a variety of potential barriers exist hindering Arab-Muslim immigrants from successful integration into the United States society. Cultural and religious differences, distinctions in moral and ethical values, perception of gender relations, demonization of the Arab population in mass media, and discrimination are the major factors causing the overall struggles of the acculturation process.

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Section: Overview Of Acculturation Process Specific To Arab-muslim Immentioning

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Section: Overview Of Acculturation Process Specific To Arab-muslim Immentioning

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Acculturation Process of Arab-Muslim Immigrants in the United States

Wekhian¹

2015

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“…For example, Ibrahim and Dykeman (2011) argued that the American Psychiatric Association requires a "cultural formulation [understanding of client cultural identity and context] to be completed with a client before a diagnosis is given" (Ibrahim & Dykeman, 2011, p. 387). According to this view point, any treatment provided a client requires sensitive attention to the cultural norms of that individual.…”

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Clinician, Society and Suicide Mountain: Reading Rogerian Doctrine of Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR)

Amadi¹

2013

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Carl Rogers has become a legendary personage in the mental health field. Rogers (1957) "has been cited in the literature over a thousand times, in professional writings originating in 36 countries" (Goldfried, 2007, p. 249). Clinicians in the behavioral health field (psychiatry, social work, counseling and psychology) are exposed to his teachings about human behavior. Of all the ideas propagated by Rogers, the concept of unconditional positive regard (UPR) has been elevated to the level of a doctrine (Schmitt, 1980). What then is unconditional positive regard? How can clinicians be faithful to the demands of unconditional positive regard in the face of other competing realities such as threat of suicide or terrorism? This paper seeks to discuss the impossible nature of Rogers' UPR, highlighting its inherent linguistic contradiction. Since psychotherapy is culturally normative, the doctrine of unconditional positive regard negates this fundamental principle. In this article, the author takes a critical look at the influence of American philosophy of education on Rogers -he was a product of his culture. Furthermore, this paper asserts that clinicians are guided by societal norms or "conditions" which regulate clinical practice, including unconditional positive regard (Gone, 2011).

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“…The Muslim population in each region has incorporated Islam as a religion, within their ongoing tribal and historical cultures; a clear-cut definition of people following Islam would be that they believe in one God, and accept all the prophets who introduced the Ten Commandments, the Torah, the Bible, and finally the Quran. Currently the Muslim population in the United States is highly diverse, and involves 75 or more ethnicities or nationalities (Ibrahim & Dykeman, 2011;Maloof & Ross-Sheriff, 2003). There is considerable diversity in the manner Islam is practiced, due to cultural interpretations across cultures and various branches of Islam.…”

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