Culture is define in several ways, although our personal cultural backgrounds which include our behaviors, thoughts, perceptions, values, and goals that creates a lense though which we view and experience the world (Newsome & Gladding, 2014, p. 73). In the video, "Counseling Filipino Clients", a Filipino Client named Kirkland Escondo is confronting her Counselor, Dr. Kevin Nadal, in regards to her perception towards her personal life, future decisions, and cultural values. Due to her decisions, she was troubled about disappointing her mother. By saying that, the clients resembles feelings of sensitivity related to the unwritten rules within her culture. As a matter of fact, she discloses "there is a lot expected of me" (Nadal, 5:35, 2011). After exposer of her father's affair, it implies that the client is under the impression that her mother has high rules for her to obey, specifically the client stating "I don't want to bring more pain and disappointment on to my mom, because I feel as though she has done so much for me and has gone through so many negative things and I just don't want to add to that, but it seems as though I do anyway and that's very hurtful to me" (Nadal, 6:00, …show more content…
Nevertheless, the client conveys her stress level towards being one of the forerunners in the Filipino club. In addition to that, the video reveals a rule that the client needs to be involved in the club by virtue of being Filipino. After stating she is emotional due to her menstrual cycle, to my knowledge, it appears that women are following the rule of blaming their period when they become emotional. Lastly, the counselor reveals he is Filipino too, likewise expressing how a Filipino culture rule is that they bottle up their thoughts instead of venting about them. Also, in the counselor's position, he displays empathy for the client, in other words, understanding how she feels when bottling up those emotions (Counseling Filipino Americans,