Presentation Information
[SY-5-04]Culturally Sensitive Intervention and Support in Dealing with Negative Impacts of Immigration on Parent-Child Relationships in Japan, Spain and the U.S.
*Chizuko Tezuka (formerly Keio University(Japan))
I have worked in multicultural counseling for international students and in teaching English-based psychoeducational courses such as Japanese psychology and intercultural communication, where Japanese and international students learn together at a private university in Tokyo.
The studies to be presented are retrospective and descriptive analyses coupled with case examples from Japan, U.S.A and Spain on culturally diverse children and youth and their families in migration process.
Immigration is a complex, often traumatic experience challenging migrants to deal with cross-cultural adaptation, which might produce migratory grief like loss of language and cultural identity, and other negative mental health consequences for both youth and their families, resulting in hospitalization of migrant youth sometimes. Though family support is essential in this adaptation process, it cannot always be available. Moreover, immigration itself may cause familial separation, both physical and emotional, damaging emotional bonds between parents and children, when such bonds are valuable.
Thus, to provide effective interventions, mental health practitioners working with these populations need to adopt transcultural perspectives on their mental health challenges and provide culturally sensitive approaches. Our three presenters with extensive transcultural mental health expertise, which has been strengthened by their own migration/sojourn experiences, will provide inspiring presentations. Aa a discussant, I will highlight their unique strengths, and common takeaways for you. Furthermore, drawing upon my several years of providing an alternative learning space, both safe and playful, outside of campus for Japanese and international students, I want to discuss what a host community can do to provide a welcoming Ibasho (a place where one feels safe and accepted as one is) for immigrant families through facilitated intercultural communication.
The studies to be presented are retrospective and descriptive analyses coupled with case examples from Japan, U.S.A and Spain on culturally diverse children and youth and their families in migration process.
Immigration is a complex, often traumatic experience challenging migrants to deal with cross-cultural adaptation, which might produce migratory grief like loss of language and cultural identity, and other negative mental health consequences for both youth and their families, resulting in hospitalization of migrant youth sometimes. Though family support is essential in this adaptation process, it cannot always be available. Moreover, immigration itself may cause familial separation, both physical and emotional, damaging emotional bonds between parents and children, when such bonds are valuable.
Thus, to provide effective interventions, mental health practitioners working with these populations need to adopt transcultural perspectives on their mental health challenges and provide culturally sensitive approaches. Our three presenters with extensive transcultural mental health expertise, which has been strengthened by their own migration/sojourn experiences, will provide inspiring presentations. Aa a discussant, I will highlight their unique strengths, and common takeaways for you. Furthermore, drawing upon my several years of providing an alternative learning space, both safe and playful, outside of campus for Japanese and international students, I want to discuss what a host community can do to provide a welcoming Ibasho (a place where one feels safe and accepted as one is) for immigrant families through facilitated intercultural communication.