Hae-Jin Choe

Opening the Red Door (eBook, ePUB)

Pastoral Counseling for Second-Generation Korean Americans in Third Space

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many second-generation Korean Americans (SGKAs) are living lives of marginality on the edge of Korean American and American cultures. This double life often leads to heightened mental health concerns. The rise of Asian hate crimes in this country in recent months have added to the distress in this population. Due to cultural stigma, however, SGKAs may not seek out counseling or other mental health services. If they do, their unique cultural formation is often not fully addressed, impeding growth and healing. Red Door Ministry (RDM), a pastoral counseling center that started at a local Korean-American church, serves as a model for addressing this issue. Built from a postcolonial understanding of third space, RDM is constructed with various culturally sensitive elements that allow SGKAs to move from places of shame on the margins to empowered new centers. This transformation is examined by four in-depth interviews of RDM clients. These clients show that healing and empowerment were possible because their complex cultural hybridity was addressed in the process of counseling. This process is analyzed using concepts from Western psychological theories, Korean American theology, and postcolonial theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666711189
• Artikelnr.: 63899799

Autorenporträt

Hae-Jin "Jinny" Choe, is the founder and director of Red Door Ministry, a pastoral counseling center for Asian Americans and other Americans living in an intercultural society. She has over 13 years of experience in ministering second generation Korean Americans in several Korean American churches. She holds a Th.D. from Emory University (Candler School of Theology) and a M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. She currently resides in the metro Atlanta area.