A'tola'nw : Indigenous-Centred Learning in a Counselling Graduate Program [chapter]

2016 Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling  
North America's Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system. Indigenous peoples face certain historical, cultural-linguistic, and socioeconomic barriers to mental health care access that government, health care organizations, and social agencies must work to overcome. This volume examines ways Indigenous healing practices can complement Western psychological service to meet the needs of
more » ... nous peoples through traditional cultural concepts. Bringing together leading experts in the fields of Aboriginal mental health and psychology, it provides data and models of Indigenous cultural practices in psychology that are successful with Indigenous peoples. It considers Indigenous epistemologies in applied psychology and research methodology and informs government policy on mental health services for these populations.
doi:10.4324/9781315681467-22 fatcat:7bl2iaemvzb3ha2yvkyfbb3b7e