ABSTRACT
Client-centered counseling, which is also referred to as person-centered counseling, involves a subtle, close, and complex encounter of two minds: the mind of the client and the mind of the counselor. All therapies—and client-centered therapy is no exception—have their own theoretical assumptions. In some instances, the assumptions are clearly stipulated and may need to be inferred from the nature of the relationship between the therapist and the client, the process of counseling, and the types of interpretations offered by the counselor or therapist. Each culture, or a sub-group within a given culture, comes to acquire over time a set of shared assumptions. When one turns to Indian culture, one finds that the concept of individualism has little meaning among people of that culture. The mechanics by which beliefs are culturally transmitted and internalize are of course open to conjecture. Clearly, some cultures are “closer” to one another and others “apart.”
