Abstract
Help-seeking behaviours under a cultural context and the role of meaning-making in relation to the field of Counselling Psychology have been of academic interest over the last 30 years. This study explores British South Asian (BSA) individual’s experience of enabling help-seeking behaviours when living with depression and low mood. The aim of this study is to illuminate the meanings and values of contextualising help-seeking behaviours in relation to depression and low mood in a bi-cultural context. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Six BSA individuals using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Four super-ordinate themes emerged from the data. The findings highlight the tension between participant’s painful experiences of low mood/depression in their cultural context, and how some of their internalisation processes play a role in their help-seeking behaviours.