Decolonizing trauma work : indigenous stories and strategies / Renee Linklater.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linklater, Renee, 1969- author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Mental health--Canada.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Mental health services--Canada.

Psychic trauma--Treatment--Cross-cultural studies.

Psychic trauma.

Mental Health.

Indians, North American.

Psychic trauma--Treatment.

Mental health services.

Mental health.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Health.

Indians, North American.

Canada.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, [2014]

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Colonialism, Indigenous Trauma and Healing 19

Colonialism, Indigenous Health and Western Psychiatry 20

Trauma Terminology and Psychiatric Language 22

Indigenous Peoples and Languages 24

Lens of Resiliency with a Decolonizing Approach 25

Indigenous Worldviews 27

Indigenous Knowledge 29

Indigenous Trauma Theory 32

Indigenous Healing 36

Trauma Responses 38

Moving Beyond Trauma 45

Indigenous Health Care Practitioners 46

2 Indigenous Health Care Practitioners Join the Circle 51

Darlene Pearl Auger 51

Tina Vincent 54

Janice St. Germaine 56

Gilbert Smith 58

Janice Linklater 60

Yvon Lamarche 62

Sylvia Marcos 64

Carrie Johnson 66

Ed Connors 67

Nina Desjardins 70

Practising Decolonized Trauma Work 72

3 Indigenous Perspectives on Wellness and Wholistic Healing 74

Wellness in Indigenous Communities 71

Respecting Different Worldviews 79

Honouring the Spirit and Spirituality 82

Interconnectedness 83

Medicine Wheel Approaches 85

Identity Development 87

Connecting with Family 89

Community Involvement 90

Drawing on Teachings and Cultural Resources 93

Restorative Justice Practices 96

Wellness and Wholistic Healing 99

4 Psychiatry and Indigenous Peoples 101

Psychiatric Diagnoses 103

Using DSM Diagnoses 103

When Diagnoses Are Helpful 106

Diagnoses and Program Funding 108

Diagnoses and Identity 110

Limitations of Diagnoses 114

Residential School Syndrome 116

Culture-Bound Syndromes 118

Psychiatry and Culture 120

Psychotropic Medication 127

Using Discretion in Prescribing Medication 128

Medication Is Not Always the Answer 129

Psychiatry Does Not Recognize Colonization 131

5 Indigenous Strategies for Helping and Healing 132

Helping with Trauma 133

Helping with Depression 144

Helping with Experiences of Parallel and Multiple Realities 147

Experiencing Spirit 147

One Final Story 155

Decolonized Strategies 157

6 A Decolonizing journey 158

Decolonizing Trauma Work 158

Implications for a Decolonizing Practice 159

Resilience 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

1552666581

9781552666586

OCLC:

869584553

Publisher Number:

99963791103