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From Melting Pot to Meltdown
Cathryn Rench-Degrange, LPC, NCC
91 boulevard Mansart
21000 Dijon, France
Tel. (33) (0) 3 73 13 39 47
[email protected]
The « Brain Gain » Race
• UN Secretary General Kofi Annan: 2001 Nobel Peace
Prize recipient
• King Abdullah of Jordan: one of first Arab leaders to visit
President Bush after 9/11
• Interim Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
• British Prime Minister Tony Blair
• French President Jacques Chirac
• Mexican President Vincente Fox
• Former South African President DeKlerk: played critical role to end
apartheid
• Former German Prime Minister Ernst Albrecht
• Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
• Argentine President Paul Ricardo
• Bolivian President Sanchez Bustamante
• Bolivian Vice-President Jorge Ramirez
• South Korean Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon
• Nicaraguan Minister of Presidency Antonio Oyanguren
• Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
• Former Philippines President Aquino
• Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir bin Mohammed
• Former UN Secretary General Egyptian Boutros-Ghali
• Former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau
Acculturative stress
from cross-cultural contact
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Depression, suicide
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Fear, nervousness
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Disorientation
Insomnia
Loss of appetite
Acute fear of failure
Loss of self-esteem
Identity confusion
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Artificial Insanity
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Language
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Facial cues, Body language
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Lack of reciprocity
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Dependence
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Geographical blindness
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Hostility
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Behaviors
• acceptable
• unacceptable
Outreach
Initiatives
Need is highest during first
stage of sojourn.
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Go find them!
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Regular, public presence, i.e.,
Student Union Outreach Table
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Golden Rule: Assume they don’t
know how. Provide information.
International Transitions
support group
Group by gender for
maximum comfort of
members.
Safety net
Sojourners have an acute
need to vent
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in a safe place
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in their own way
Speaking from
the heart
Offer many opportunities
for group members to
express themselves in their
native language.
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Role reversal
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Listen from the
heart
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Pay close attention
to non-verbal cues
Logotherapy
Meaning-centered
counseling
(2008, Pan, et al.)
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new insights
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increased
compassion
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greater capacity for
self-transcendence
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discovery of hidden
strengths
Living in the
present
Path to greater
meaning
Investment
replaces nostalgia
Carefully process all
depressive symptoms
Use the BDI-II as a group tool
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to monitor depression
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to share items in group
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sense of common
experience
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sense of belonging
Purpose is to
provide
affirmation
Therapeutic relationship is
the therapy: empathy,
congruence, unconditional
positive regard.
Allow group members free
self expression in a safe
environment.
Avoid assimilation agenda.