Depending on your clients' acculturation level, you mayfind that they are agreeable and committed to goals in sessions with you, yet goals are not being achieved in between sessions. In some Asian cultures, it would be considered impolite to disagree with you as their counselor.

What discussion would you have with your client that honors their culture, educates them about counseling, and gives them permission to disagree with you?

Provide what you would say to your client, then explain your reasons from a clinical point of view.