ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study of cross-cultural counseling involving a client and her friend, who served as a translator for the client in sessions. During three one-hour counseling sessions, a variety of ethical issues emerged. Intervention strategies and recommendations for cross-cultural counseling in this context are discussed. The author's client, who will be called Juanita, and her friend, who will be called Cecilia, waited in the crowded health department lobby for the first session. The author framed the conflict in Transactional Analysis terms. While the author uses an eclectic approach to counseling and Transactional Analysis seemed the most appropriate to this situation. The author believed it would be effective in the counseling because it was visual, it used simple language which is easy to translate, and it focused on communication in relationships. The author drew a diagram of circles showing how her father talked with Juanita in a parent-child transaction and Juanita talked with him in an adult-adult transaction.
