The Korean-American Goldilocks of Psychotherapy

"In any case, they can not help me, I do not need their help." This is when I was asked why they would not use mental health services (such as psychotherapy) It was done. This response broadly reflects the two reasons Koreans oppose Western psychotherapy. First, psychotherapists or mental health experts are widely believed among Korean Americans to use a framework different from their cultural beliefs to conceive problems and solutions (Kim & Ryu, 2005 ).

Recent Korean immigrants have settled in areas concentrated all over the country. In 1970, Korean-American lived the most in California, then Hawaii, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington. According to the 1990 US census, there were 262,22 in California, 93,145 in New York, 42,167 in Illinois, 38,087 in New Jersey, 35,281 in Texas and 32,918 in Washington. There are 32,362 in Virginia. More than 25,000 Japanese Americans live in Maryland, Hawaii, Pennsylvania. There are at least several South Korean Americans in each state. Most Koreans who live in the United States live in a big city where they can find jobs and build a Korean community. Koreans are developing near the West Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, where more than 150,000 Koreans live. Unlike early immigrants, later immigrants usually travel to America for permanent residence.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, a rich Korean-American expert has settled in Bergen County (버겐 카운티), the home of Korean large enterprises (including Samsung LG and Hanjin Shipping). There are also cooperating groups such as Korean Parents Partnership Organization, New Jersey Korean American Association of Bergen County College Magnet High School. The Holy name medical center in Teaneck, New Jersey is an ambitious way to provide comprehensive medical care for Korean patients who are unprotected or not insured from a wide range of fields through Korean medical programs We have begun initiatives. More than 1,500 Korean patients gathered in this service. Annual health festival. The harvest festival of Chuseok South Korea Thanksgiving Day was a tradition held every year in Bergen County, and tens of thousands of people participated.