An African American therapist is working with an Asian American therapist who seems reluctant to discuss her feelings about a recent death in her family. The therapist determines that the client is unfeeling and resistant. This is an example of

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This scenario exemplifies encountering clashes in cultural values, where the African American therapist may not understand the cultural context of the Asian American therapist's response to grief, mistakenly interpreting it as unfeeling and resistant rather than recognizing it might be influenced by cultural norms around expressing emotions.

An African American Therapist Is Working with an Asian American