May Tung
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | May Tung |
| GIVEN NAMES | May |
| FAMILY NAME | Tung |
| SIGNATURE | TUNG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | IS practice |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents
Based on culture-related themes derived from the author's psychotherapeutic work with young Chinese-American professionals, this important book relates personal problems and conditions to specific sources in Chinese and American cultures and the immigration experience. Unique and practical, this is a nonclinical work that will help Asian Americans connect historical and cultural meanings to their Chinese roots. It will also give educators, mental…
Symbolic meanings of the body in Chinese culture and “somatization”
Insight-oriented psychotherapy and the Chinese patient
The applicability of psychodynamic psychotherapy to Chinese-American patients is examined. The interdependent nature of the world of the Chinese "self" is introduced, together with culturally characteristic coping styles. The modifications entailed in conducting insight-oriented therapy with this population are discussed, with particular reference to the content of the therapy and the therapeutic relationship. Clinical vignettes from China and fr…
On being seen as a “Chinese therapist” by a Caucasian child
Reactions of ten-year-old Caucasian boy to his Chinese therapist, and his use of this racial difference to express his acute alienation, are described. Stages include the boy's initial projection of aggression and evil onto the "Chinks," subsequent ambivalence and anxiety as attachment to the therapist increased, and eventual trust and alleviation of his loneliness. Aspects of the therapist's countertransference are explored
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On being seen as a “Chinese therapist” by a Caucasian child
Reactions of ten-year-old Caucasian boy to his Chinese therapist, and his use of this racial difference to express his acute alienation, are described. Stages include the boy's initial projection of aggression and evil onto the "Chinks," subsequent ambivalence and anxiety as attachment to the therapist increased, and eventual trust and alleviation of his loneliness. Aspects of the therapist's countertransference are explored
Insight-oriented psychotherapy and the Chinese patient
The applicability of psychodynamic psychotherapy to Chinese-American patients is examined. The interdependent nature of the world of the Chinese "self" is introduced, together with culturally characteristic coping styles. The modifications entailed in conducting insight-oriented therapy with this population are discussed, with particular reference to the content of the therapy and the therapeutic relationship. Clinical vignettes from China and fr…
Symbolic meanings of the body in Chinese culture and “somatization”
Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents
Based on culture-related themes derived from the author's psychotherapeutic work with young Chinese-American professionals, this important book relates personal problems and conditions to specific sources in Chinese and American cultures and the immigration experience. Unique and practical, this is a nonclinical work that will help Asian Americans connect historical and cultural meanings to their Chinese roots. It will also give educators, mental…
Psychology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · China (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aggression (1 work) · Alienation (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work)