Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: A Conversation on Building Cultural Knowledge and Skills in Working with Asian Clients in the U.S.
What is a Roundtable Session?
Our roundtable sessions offer a chance to dive into a topic with an expert presenter, or team of presenters. They provide an opportunity to dig deeply into a particular topic during a 90-minute presentation.
Description
The success of the movie “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has generated a lot of buzz in the film industry and social media about the impact of the movie in highlighting the lack and importance of Asian cultural representation in film making, social discourse, and social justice in a multicultural society such as the U.S. Counselor educators have noted the usefulness of using movies in facilitating learning of specific counseling concepts and skills. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” presents a wonderful vehicle in current pop culture for counselors to increase their knowledge on the Chinese culture, immigrant experience, and relationships. A panel of speakers with Asian heritage backgrounds will offer their critique and examination of the cultural elements in the movie story. Participants will be invited to reflect, discuss, and examine ways in which the movie story can be used to inform and facilitate their work with clients who may resonate with the story and its characters.
TCR is inviting counselor educators, supervisors, counselors, and trainees to join us in this cultural conversation. We ask that participants watch the movie and review the listed online resources prior to attending the webinar. Such preview of the resources will great facilitate the depth of the conversation.
This is a roundtable webinar offered by TCR that will be recorded and archived on our YouTube channel for public access.
Dr. Kok Mun Ng, one of our Lead Collaborators, will be moderating the session.
Presenter Bios
Dr. S Anandavalli
S Anandavalli, Ph.D., LPCA, CCTP, NCC is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Southern Oregon University. She is an international faculty and a proud member of the Desi community.
Dr. Christian Chan
Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Past-President of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), and a proud Queer Person of Color.
Dr. John Harrichand
John J. S. Harrichand (he, him, his), Ph.D., LPC-S, LMHC, NCC, ACS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and a bi-racial (Chinese and East Indian) and proud member of the AAPI community.