Decolonizing trauma work : Indigenous stories and strategies

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Decolonizing trauma work : Indigenous stories and strategies / Renee Linklater ; forword by Lewis Mehl-Madrona.

Linklater, Renee, 1969- (author.). Mehl-Madrona, Lewis, 1954- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"In 'Decolonizing Trauma Work', Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Drawing on a decolonizing approach, which puts the "soul wound" of colonialism at the centre, Linklater engages ten Indigenous health care practitioners in a dialogue regarding Indigenous notions of wellness and wholistic health, critiques of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses, and Indigenous approaches to helping people through trauma, depression and experiences of parallel and multiple realities. Through stories and strategies that are grounded in Indigenous worldviews and embedded with cultural knowledge, Linklater offers purposeful and practical methods to help individuals and communities that have experienced trauma. 'Decolonizing Trauma Work', one of the first books of its kind, is a resource for education and training programs, health care practitioners, healing centres, clinical services and policy initiatives."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781552666586
ISBN: 1552666581
Physical Description: 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175).
Formatted Contents Note:: Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1. Colonialism, Indigenous Trauma and Healing. Colonialism, Indigenous health and Western psychiatry ; Trauma terminology and psychiatric language ; Indigenous peoples and languages ; Lens of resiliency with a decolonizing approach ; Indigenous worldviews ; Indigenous knowledge ; Indigenous trauma theory ; Indigenous healing ; Trauma responses ; Moving beyond trauma ; Indigenous health care practitioners -- 2. Indigenous Health Care Practitioners Join the Circle. Darlene Pearl Auger ; Tina Vincent ; Janice St. Germaine ; Gilbert Smith ; Janice Linklater ; Yvon Lamarche ; Sylvia Marcos ; Carrie Johnson ; Ed Connors ; Nina Desjardins ; Practising decolonized trauma work -- 3. Indigenous Perspectives on Wellness and Wholistic Healing. Wellness in Indigenous communities ; Respecting different worldviews ; Honouring the Spirit and spirituality ; Interconnectedness ; Medicine Wheel approaches ; Identity development ; Connecting with family ; Community involvement ; Drawing on teachings and cultural resources ; Restorative justice practices ; Wellness and wholistic healing -- 4. Psychiatry and Indigenous Peoples. Psychiatric diagnoses ; Using DSM diagnoses ; When diagnoses are helpful ; Diagnoses and program funding ; Diagnoses and identity ; Limitations of diagnoses ; Residential school syndrome ; Culture-bound syndromes ; Psychiatry and culture ; Psychotropic medication ; Using discretion in prescribing medication ; Medication is not always the answer ; Psychiatry does not recognize colonization -- 5. Indigenous Strategies for Helping and Healing. Helping with trauma ; Helping with depression ; Helping with experiences of parallel and multiple realities ; Experiencing Spirit ; One final story ; Decolonized strategies -- 6. A Decolonizing Journey. Decolonizing trauma work ; Implications for a decolonizing practice ; Resilience -- References.