Counselling Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Stewart, Suzanne; Marshall, Anne E.

doi:10.4324/9781315681467-13

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“…An additional advantage of many cultural adaptations for Indigenous clients is a more thorough incorporation of family, community, and spirituality into interventions. A widely discussed reason for professionalized psychotherapy approaches being alienating for Indigenous clients is they are isolated from community and family contexts (LaFromboise et al, 1990; McCormick, 2009; Stewart & Marshall, 2016). Incorporation of spirituality is a critical innovation, given that psychotherapy typically operates from secular assumptions that may limit their ability to address spiritual aspects of human experience (Gone, 2016; Wendt & Gone, 2016).…”

Section: Psychotherapy With Indigenous Clients: Four Pathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What are the best practices for psychotherapy with indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada? A thorny question.

Wendt¹,

Huson²,

Albatnuni³

et al. 2022

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Objective: This conceptual article addresses "best practices" for Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. This topic is "thorny" both pragmatically (e.g., rare representation in clinical trials) and ethically (e.g., ongoing settler colonialism). Method: We outline four potential approaches, or "paths," in conceptualizing best practices for psychotherapy: (a) limiting psychotherapy to empirically supported treatments, (b) prioritizing the use of culturally adapted interventions, (c) focusing on common factors of psychotherapy, and (d) promoting grassroots Indigenous approaches and traditional healing. Results: Lessons from our four-path journey include (a) the limits of empirically supported treatments, which are inadequate in number and scope when it comes to Indigenous clients, (b) the value of prioritizing interventions that are culturally adapted and/or evaluated for use with Indigenous populations, (c) the importance of common factors of evidence-based practice, alongside the danger of psychotherapy as a covert assimilative enterprise, and (d) the need to support traditional and grassroots cultural interventions that promote "culture-as-treatment." Conclusions: A greater commitment to community-engaged research and cultural humility is necessary to promote Indigenous mental health, including greater attention to supporting traditional healing and Indigenous-led cultural interventions. What is the public health significance of this article?This article provides an overview to best practices for clinical psychologists working with Indigenous individuals and communities. Psychologists need to balance the delivery of evidence-based treatments with Indigenous Peoples, with the need to take caution to avoid harm and also support Indigenous-led cultural interventions.

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Section: Psychotherapy With Indigenous Clients: Four Pathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What are the best practices for psychotherapy with indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada? A thorny question.

Wendt¹,

Huson²,

Albatnuni³

et al. 2022

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…In the review of this literature, we found that the authors advocated for local control for Indigenous communities over provincial health care systems in order to appropriately respond to the local medical needs of these communities (Kirmayer et al, 2008). Stewart and Marshall (2017) highlighted how local control promoted the individual and collective efficacy that sustained wellness, leading to the reduction of health disparities. Existing research pointed to the indelible link between cultural continuity (i.e., culture that can be continuously linked with traditions of the past) and positive health outcomes and advocated for community-based interventions that were rooted in cultural models of health and healing (Bombay et al, 2009; Chandler & Lalonde, 2008; Kirmayer et al, 2008; Stewart & Marshall, 2017).…”

Section: Review Of the Research Literature On Indigenous Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Stewart and Marshall (2017) highlighted how local control promoted the individual and collective efficacy that sustained wellness, leading to the reduction of health disparities. Existing research pointed to the indelible link between cultural continuity (i.e., culture that can be continuously linked with traditions of the past) and positive health outcomes and advocated for community-based interventions that were rooted in cultural models of health and healing (Bombay et al, 2009; Chandler & Lalonde, 2008; Kirmayer et al, 2008; Stewart & Marshall, 2017). Furthermore, the literature highlighted holistic approaches that valued interconnectedness and identified connection to spirituality as a key aspect of an interventions’ effectiveness (Marsh et al, 2016; Reeves & Stewart 2017).…”

Section: Review Of the Research Literature On Indigenous Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Extant literature on the implementation of Indigenous trauma interventions identified that individual healing and community healing were intertwined (Marsh et al, 2016). According to scholars, the emphasis on individual and community healing is echoed in Indigenous conceptions of wellness where the individual is embedded in a web of relationships of family, clan, ancestors, animals, natural world, spiritual world, and the interdependence among these elements is central to health (McCormick, 2008; Stewart & Marshall, 2017). Studies have reported that a strengthening of Indigenous cultural identities was central to healing (Gone, 2009; Marsh et al, 2016; Reeves & Stewart, 2017).…”

Section: Review Of the Research Literature On Indigenous Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Mobilization of Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy: An Exploratory Study

Panofsky

Buchanan

Wilat³

et al. 2022

The Counseling Psychologist

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Indigenous mental health research is beginning to address colonization, however, Indigenous approaches to wellness have largely been overlooked. There is a paucity of research exploring psychological trauma interventions with Indigenous peoples. The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs recognize the profound impacts of historical trauma among their people and are utilizing Indigenous focusing oriented therapy (IFOT), a trauma model that is collective, land-based, and intergenerational, as a part of their wellness framework. This collaborative research study explored the question: How is IFOT shaped by Wet’suwet’en ways of knowing and mobilized by individuals, families, house groups, and the Nation? Wet’suwet’en IFOT practitioners participated in sharing circles for data collection and interpretation. The exploratory findings revealed that the strategic application of IFOT by Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs created a culturally relevant model for land-based healing wherein Wet’suwet’en people were able to experience greater connection with their own yintah (land) and c’idede’ (history).

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Wellbeing in the workplace among Indigenous people : an enhanced critical incident study

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2019

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Counselling Indigenous Peoples in Canada

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What are the best practices for psychotherapy with indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada? A thorny question.

What are the best practices for psychotherapy with indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada? A thorny question.

The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Mobilization of Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy: An Exploratory Study

Wellbeing in the workplace among Indigenous people : an enhanced critical incident study

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