Therapy as Ceremony: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Our Practice

Fellner, Karlee D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00090-5_8

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“…It is important to infuse considerations with Indigenous populations throughout each course in professional programs, addressing the true histories and legacies of assessments, research, education, and mental health practice with our communities (Fellner, 2016). Such education promotes critical reflection on mainstream approaches, as well as a necessary cultural humility that circumvents psycholonization (Fellner, 2016). To include this in training, educators who are not already well-versed in decolonial curricula and pedagogies must undergo professional development themselves so that such education is incorporated in a good way.…”

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“…In my experience, the primary issue with professional training in psychology is the consistent teaching of conventional Euro Western approaches to research and practice without acknowledgment of the epistemological origins of these approaches, and deconstruction of their underlying colonial ideologies. Colonial ideologies pervade case conceptualisation, assessment, diagnosis, and interventions, and promote potentially damaging patronising attitudes toward Indigenous peoples and approaches to wellness, power discrepancies in the therapeutic relationship, and other oppressive mechanisms embedded in Western Eurosettler frameworks (Fellner, 2016). Publications and presentations on ‘evidence-based practice’ (EBP) rarely acknowledge the inherent bias in how evidence is defined, and in fact, many proponents of EBP explicitly present it as unbiased.…”

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Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada.

Ansloos

Stewart

Fellner

et al. 2019

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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With the release of the Canadian Psychological Association's (2018) response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015) there has been increased attention on the ways psychology in Canada might better serve the needs of Indigenous communities, in particular in terms of education and professional training. To date, there has been almost no research conducted at the intersection of Indigenous communities and professional training in psychology in Canada. This article examines this issue from the perspective of Indigenous psychologists who are working as scholar-practitioners in graduate level professional psychology training programs. Through first-person editorial reflections, the authors identify key challenges and opportunities in professional training in psychology relevant to Indigenous peoples; and the changes that are needed to advance Indigenous peoples in the field. Finally, the study identifies various paradigms of professional training that hold promise for serving the interests of Indigenous peoples in professional training in psychology. Public Significance StatementThis study identifies challenges, opportunities, and strategies for the advancement of Indigenous peoples in the field of professional psychology, particularly through the lens of professional training and education. In addition, the study considers how professional training can better support the preparation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and psychologists to address the mental health needs of Indigenous communities.

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Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada.

Ansloos

Stewart

Fellner

et al. 2019

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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“…Given that inpatient stays are often brief, providers can learn about the cultures of the communities served and alter their processes accordingly. For example, Karlee Fellner, a Cree/Métis psychologist, describes the traditional intake as potentially offensive to Indigenous patients given its direct, personal questions and colonial, hierarchical process (Fellner, 2018). She describes altering the process by orienting the patient to the intake as a procedure mandated by her work setting (Fellner, 2018).…”

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Trauma-informed inpatient care for marginalized women.

Gutowski¹,

Badio²,

Kaslow³

2022

Psychotherapy

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Although optimal trauma-informed care in inpatient settings is relationally oriented, gender-sensitive, racially and culturally responsive treatment, this often is not the reality. Instead, inpatient settings frequently create experiences of retraumatization, which likely are associated with poor outcomes. This article extends the literature on trauma-informed care by drawing from existing models for working with trauma and providing culturally responsive treatment to apply an integrated approach to the inpatient care setting with a focus on the unique needs and experiences of marginalized survivors of gender-based violence and racial trauma. It details the rationale for and key elements of three related frameworks for trauma-informed care and then offers recommendations for guiding its conceptualization and implementation. Ideally, these practices will be embraced on all inpatient units and particularly with women from marginalized communities who have survived interpersonal and racial trauma. Clinical Impact StatementQuestion: How can inpatient providers integrate relationally oriented, gender-sensitive, racially and culturally responsive models into trauma-informed practices? Findings: We offer key elements of these three related frameworks followed by a series of recommendations for integrating these perspectives into clinical practice. Meaning: Trauma-informed providers in the inpatient context can embrace this integrated, social justice-oriented approach to respond to the needs of hospitalized survivors, particularly marginalized women who have survived interpersonal and racial trauma. Next Steps: Trauma-informed care that is relationally oriented, gender-sensitive, and racially and culturally responsive is a recommended approach for all inpatient psychiatric units moving forward.

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“…While scholars in the field of cultural competence may not have had this intention, the construct of competence often is taken to mean that one has mastered a set of skills. This concept does not fit with fluid and relational Indigenous world views and poses a threat to ethical practice given that each individual and community must be engaged with free of assumptions from a stance of not knowing (CPA & PFC, 2018;Fellner, 2018aFellner, , 2018b. Care in relationships is congruent with the literature speaking to the vulnerability, courage, and consideration needed to enter into conversations regarding identity, difference, power, privilege, and oppression (Gallardo, 2014).…”

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Reconciling Relations: Shifting Counselling Psychology to Address Truth and Reconciliation

Fellner

Ansloos

Ouellette

et al. 2020

CJCP

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In 2018, the Canadian Counselling Psychology Conference (CCPC) convened a working group to address how the field of counselling psychology ought to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Attendees were asked to share their perspectives on reconciliation, current efforts toward reconciliation in counselling psychology, and recommendations for the future of counselling psychology in relation to reconciliation. The current paper documents the findings and implications of the working group, offering concrete suggestions for how researchers, educators, clinicians, and trainees in the field can support reconciliation in a good way, shifting counselling psychology to serve Indigenous people and communities better.

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Therapy as Ceremony: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Our Practice

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada.

Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada.

Trauma-informed inpatient care for marginalized women.

Reconciling Relations: Shifting Counselling Psychology to Address Truth and Reconciliation

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