Constructing Identity Spaces for First Nations People: Towards an Indigenous Psychology of Self-determination and Cultural Healing

Liu, James H.; Aho, Keri Lawson-Te; Rata, Arama

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“…Culturally rooted, or indigenous, approaches to trauma recovery have been explored minimally in the psychology literature but are based in healing practices that often predate the field of psychology. Indigenous psychologies are based in self-determination, and community- level healing in addition to the individual, and cultural approaches to healing (Liu, Aho, & Rata, 2014). One may adopt the frame that interventions which emerge outside of the West are indigenous psychologies or one may argue that Western-Born interventions such as CBT are indigenous models themselves that emerge from Western culture.…”

Section: Culturally Emergent Trauma Treatments Including Those For Ra...mentioning

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The cultural context of trauma recovery: Considering the posttraumatic stress disorder practice guideline and intersectionality.

Bryant-Davis¹

2019

Psychotherapy

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The American Psychological Association's (2017) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults endorsed by the American Psychological Association notes that attention to cultural context is a required component of trauma-informed mental health care provision. Despite the inclusion of this statement, the Treatment of PTSD Guideline does not give adequate attention to culture in the defining of trauma, review of the trauma literature, the criteria adopted for evaluation of PTSD treatments, and, resultantly, the determination of treatment recommendations. Culture plays a significant role in the vulnerability to, experience of, and recovery from mental health sources of distress, including interpersonal trauma (Bryant-Davis, 2005). Approaches to trauma-focused psychotherapy that are ethically sound call for a prioritizing of cultural competence (awareness, knowledge, and skills), as well as cultural humility (Harvey & Tammala-Nara, 2007). Trauma survivors, however, hold multiple identities simultaneously that influence their conceptualizations of trauma, therapy, and the recovery process (Brown, 2008). Intersectionality refers to the way in which a multiply marginalized person experiences cultural identity and oppression that is qualitatively different than the experience of trauma survivors from dominant cultural groups (Crenshaw, 2005). The realities of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism, as well as their influence on the trauma recovery process, are examined, while noting the minimal attention that has been given to additional forms of oppression such as religious intolerance and able-bodyism. This critical review of the literature will examine the theoretical and empirical literature, which has examined the framework and strategies that have been cultivated in service to trauma survivors who have been traditionally underserved. Attention will be given in particular to benefits, limitations, and critiques of evidence-based interventions, as well as benefits, limitations, and future research needs of both culturally modified interventions and culturally emergent trauma interventions. Clinical Impact StatementQuestion: What factors should clinicians consider when addressing posttraumatic stress disorder with culturally marginalized clients? Findings: Marginalized communities may present posttrauma symptoms in unique ways, and their cultural worldview and socialization should be considered in the selection of interventions to address their posttraumatic stress disorder. Meaning: Clinicians who adopt a culture-blind view of trauma assessment and treatment are missing critical components of a client's life and recovery journey. Next Steps: Researchers should be intentional about sampling culturally marginalized community members in the evaluation of empirically supported interventions, and more qualitative and quantitative studies of culturally emergent interventions is needed.

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Section: Culturally Emergent Trauma Treatments Including Those For Ra...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The cultural context of trauma recovery: Considering the posttraumatic stress disorder practice guideline and intersectionality.

Bryant-Davis¹

2019

Psychotherapy

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Traditional Healing Practices in Curanderismo

Castillo

Fernández

Luna

2020

Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Counseling

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Between Past and Present: The Sociopsychological Constructs of Colonialism, Coloniality and Postcolonialism

Tomičić

Berardi

2017

Integr. psych. behav.

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If one of the major aspirations of postcolonial theory is to re-establish a balance in the relationship between the (former) colonizer and the colonized by engaging the voices of the "subaltern", and on the other hand to illuminate how power relations of the present are embedded in history (Mills 2007), we argue that important theoretical insights might inform research by anchoring post-colonial theory within a sociopsychological framework. While there is a growing corpus of sociopsychological research articles focusing on how major geopolitical events and historical processes bear on people's lives, we aim to investigate the theoretical potential of postcolonial theory within the disciplines aiming at a sociopsychological approach. By focusing on the social dynamics of power imbalances, post-colonial theory finds its operational meaning: the feelings stemming from actions committed in the past are indeed crucial in determining reparatory attitudes and policies towards members of former colonized groups. Firstly, drawing from the sociopsychological scientific production related to consequences of colonial past, seen in recent years as a growing research interest in the field, we will explore patterns and trends through a thematic analysis of literature. Social Psychology as well as adjacent disciplines can greatly benefit from this theoretical fertilization, especially in the way post-colonial ideologies relate to the symbolic promotion versus exclusion of indigenous culture (Sengupta et al., International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(4), 506-517, 2012). Furthermore, by comparing and contrasting the ideological cosmologies relating to this particular topic, this study aims to establish the state of knowledge in the field, to identify how research methods and thematic fields are paired, to find "gaps" and create spaces for research that become integrative of postcolonial theory. While focusing on academic production, we also hope to contribute to develop the idea of cosmopolitism within academia but also beyond academic doors.

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Constructing Identity Spaces for First Nations People: Towards an Indigenous Psychology of Self-determination and Cultural Healing

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

The cultural context of trauma recovery: Considering the posttraumatic stress disorder practice guideline and intersectionality.

The cultural context of trauma recovery: Considering the posttraumatic stress disorder practice guideline and intersectionality.

Traditional Healing Practices in Curanderismo

Between Past and Present: The Sociopsychological Constructs of Colonialism, Coloniality and Postcolonialism

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