Abstract
The purpose of this project was to examine mental health providers’ perspectives on help-seeking and their techniques to promoting help-seeking behaviors in their Asian American Pacific Islander clients. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze responses from 10 interviews. Participants from Sacramento and Santa Clara counties were selected by using a snowball sampling method. Three themes emerged in the findings: differences in help-seeking, the role of friends, family, religion and community, and reluctance to access services. One major finding in this study was that friends, family, religion, and community serve as both facilitators and barriers to help-seeking. The implications for social work policy and practice are discussed.