Download or read book Psychology and Indigenous Australians written by Rob Ranzijn and published by Palgrave Macmillan Australia. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills an important gap in understanding the psychological impact of colonization on Indigenous Australians. Using cultural competence as a theoretical framework, it starts with an exploration of the nature of culture and worldviews which permeates and integrates the book. It provides a convincing explanation of how colonization has affected Indigenous Australians, the role of psychology in this process, and ways forward to redress Indigenous disadvantage. A key emphasis is on ‘doing our own work', the essential role of critical reflection in trans-cultural communication.
Download or read book Indigenous Healing Psychology written by Richard Katz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting modern psychology to its Indigenous roots to enhance the healing process and psychology itself • Shares the healing wisdom of Indigenous people the author has worked with, including the Ju/’hoansi of the Kalahari Desert, the Fijians of the South Pacific, Sicangu Lakota people, and Cree and Anishnabe First Nations people • Explains how Indigenous perspectives can help create a more effective model of best practices in psychology • Explores the vital role of spirituality in the practice of psychology and the shift of emphasis that occurs when one understands that all beings are interconnected Wherever the first inhabitants of the world gathered together, they engaged in the human concerns of community building, interpersonal relations, and spiritual understanding. As such these earliest people became our “first psychologists.” Their wisdom lives on through the teachings of contemporary Indigenous elders and healers, offering unique insights and practices to help us revision the self-limiting approaches of modern psychology and enhance the processes of healing and social justice. Reconnecting psychology to its ancient roots, Richard Katz, Ph.D., sensitively shares the healing wisdom of Indigenous peoples he has worked with, including the Ju/’hoansi of the Kalahari Desert, Fijians native to the Fiji Islands, Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation, and Cree and Anishnabe First Nations people from Saskatchewan. Through stories about the profoundly spiritual ceremonies and everyday practices he engaged in, he seeks to fulfill the responsibility he was given: build a foundation of reciprocity so Indigenous teachings can create a path toward healing psychology. Also drawing on his experience as a Harvard-trained psychologist, the author reveals how modern psychological approaches focus too heavily on labels and categories and fail to recognize the benefits of enhanced states of consciousness. Exploring the vital role of spirituality in the practice of psychology, Katz explains how the Indigenous approach offers a way to understand challenges and opportunities, from inside lived truths, and treat mental illness at its source. Acknowledging the diversity of Indigenous approaches, he shows how Indigenous perspectives can help create a more effective model of best practices in psychology as well as guide us to a more holistic existence where we can once again assume full responsibility in the creation of our lives.
Download or read book Psychology and Indigenous Australians written by Keith McConnochie and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Relations between psychology and the Indigenous peoples of Australia have historically been uneasy and fraught, since psychology has been seen in the past as an agent of colonisation. However, in recent years there have been a number of major initiatives, largely driven by Indigenous psychologists, to improve the relationship and to work towards effective partnership between psychologists and Indigenous Australians to help overcome Indigenous disadvantage and work towards social justice. This book contains edited proceedings of the inaugural Psychology and Indigenous Australians conference held in 2007. There are many exciting papers which illustrate the emergence of a new form of Australian psychology, one that can respond effectively to the needs of Indigenous Australians and people from other cultural groups who live in an increasingly multi-cultural Australia'.
Download or read book Beyond the Psychology Industry written by Paul Rhodes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a scholarly yet accessible approach to critical psychology, specifically discussing therapeutic practices that are possible outside of the mainstream psychology industry. While there are many books that deconstruct or dismantle clinical psychology, few provide a compendium of potential alternatives to mainstream practice. Focusing on five main themes in reference to this objective: suffering, decolonization, dialogue, feminism and the arts, these pages explore types of personal inquiry, cultural knowledge or community action that might help explain and heal psychological pain beyond the confines of the therapy room. Chapters focus on the role of cultural knowledge, including spiritual traditions, relational being, art, poetry, feminism and indigenous systems in promoting healing and on community-based-initiatives, including open dialogue, justice-based collaboration and social prescribing. Beyond the Psychology Industry will be of interest to researchers, clinical psychologists, therapists, academics in mental health, and cultural psychologists.
Download or read book Working Together written by Pat Dudgeon and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource is written for health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing social and emotional wellbeing issues and mental health conditions. It provides information on the issues influencing mental health, good mental health practice, and strategies for working with specific groups. Over half of the authors in this second edition are Indigenous people themselves, reflecting the growing number ?of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts who are writing and adding to the body of knowledge around mental health and associated areas.
Download or read book Peace Psychology in Australia written by Diane Bretherton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a case study of the development of peace psychology in Australia. While there is, in comparison to other countries, relatively little overt violence, Australia the nation was founded on the dispossession of Indigenous people, and their oppression continues today. Peace Psychology in Australia covers the most significant issues of peace and conflict in the country. It begins with a review of conflict resolution practices among Australia’s ancient Indigenous cultures and succinctly captures topics of peace and conflict which the country has faced in the past 222 years since British settlement. The fast population growth, thriving multiculturalism, leadership in international affairs and environmental isolation make Australia a microcosm for the study of human conflicts and peace movements.
Download or read book The Psychology of Aboriginal Australians written by George E. Kearney and published by Sydney ; New York : J. Wiley and Sons Australasia Pty. Limited. This book was released on 1973 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes many reprints of separately published papers; 1) Mental man and social evolutionary theory - A. Chase & J. von Sturmer; 2) Early psychological studies - G.E. Kearney; 3) Mental tests in delinquents and Australian Aboriginal children - S.D. Porteus; 4) Psychological tests on natives in the north west of Western Australia H.L. Fowler; 5) Intellectual development - D.W. McElwain & G.E. Kearney; 6) Classificatory ability - P.R. De Lacey; 7) The development of conservation - M.M. de Lemos; 8) Piagetian research in Central Australia - P.R. Dasen; 9) Reasoning ability in adopted and fostered Aboriginal children - P.R. Dasen, P.R. De Lacey & G.N. Seagrim; 10) Precausal and paracausal thinking - B. Nurcombe; 11) Cultural deprivation and language deficit - B. Nurcombe & P. Moffitt; 12) Intervention in cultural deprivation P. Moffitt, B. Nurcombe, M. Passmore & A. McNeilly; 13) Psycholinguistic abilities - G. Teasdale & F.M. Katz; 14) Verbal intelligence, operational thinking and environment - P.R. De Lacey; 15) A task analysis approach to language programming - N.W.M. Hart; 16) Language and pictorial representation J.E. Cawte & L.G. Kiloh; 17) Educational variables in integration - J.A. Keats; 18) Attitude change and conflict - J.L.M. Dawson; 19) Marginality, stress and ethnic identification - J.W. Berry; 20) The role of ethnic identification - E. Sommerlad & J.W. Berry; 21) What white Australians think J.S. Western; 22) An index of contact - P.R. De Lacey; 23) Personality factors in the academic success of adolescent girls - B.H. Watts; 24) Value orientation - A.K. Eckermann; 25) Aspirations of children - I.R. Gough, M.M. Josephson, D.M. Justins, J.F. Lodge & N.F. Senior; 26) Cultural identity and mental health - G.N. Bianchi, J.E. Cawte & L.G. Kiloh; 27) Patterns of behaviour disorder among children - B. Nurcombe and J.E. Cawte; 28) The dispensary syndrome; origins of bodily preoccupations and sick role behaviour - G.N. Bianchi, D.W. McElwain & J.E. Cawte; 29) A hunger for stimuli; petrol inhalation - B. Nurcombe, G.N. Bianchi, J. Money, & J.E. Cawte; 30) A sick society - J.E. Cawte; 31) Why we slit the penis - J.E. Cawte; 32) Sex training and traditions - J. Money, J.E. Cawte, G.N. Bianchi & B. Nurcombe; 33) Select bibliography - G.R. Davidson & G.E. Kearney; all readings listed separately in bibliography.
Download or read book Working with Indigenous Australians written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for psychologists and associated mental health professionals, addresses the practical issues of working in Indigenous settings and with Indigenous people in urban, rural and remote environments. Covers individual, family and community approaches and describes appropriate models of intervention.
Download or read book Peace Psychology in Australia written by Diane Bretherton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a case study of the development of peace psychology in Australia. While there is, in comparison to other countries, relatively little overt violence, Australia the nation was founded on the dispossession of Indigenous people, and their oppression continues today. Peace Psychology in Australia covers the most significant issues of peace and conflict in the country. It begins with a review of conflict resolution practices among Australia’s ancient Indigenous cultures and succinctly captures topics of peace and conflict which the country has faced in the past 222 years since British settlement. The fast population growth, thriving multiculturalism, leadership in international affairs and environmental isolation make Australia a microcosm for the study of human conflicts and peace movements.
Download or read book Indigenous Identity in Contemporary Psychology written by Darren C. Garvey and published by Nelson Australia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is psychology's place in relation to Indigenous Australian people? How do we ensure Indigenous Australians have a voice within psychology? How do I interact competently with Indigenous Australians? Thought-provoking, interactive and practical, Indigenous Identity in Contemporary Psychology: Dilemmas, Developments, Directions explores a range of issues surrounding the establishment, development and maintenance of connections between psychology and Indigenous Australians. This accessible and original resource uses the author's personal voice to illustrate the changing nature of the relationship between psychology and Indigenous Australians. It describes how psychology and psychologists can play an important and useful role in assisting Indigenous people and their communities, with a focus on achieving social justice and promoting dialogue. An exciting new text, Indigenous Identity in Contemporary Psychology encourages readers to reflect honestly and deeply on their own attitudes. Moreover, this text offers practical advice for psychologists interacting with Indigenous people and provides models of engagement for facilitating culturally competent involvement.
Download or read book Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling written by Suzanne L. Stewart and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Indigenous 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 service for these populations.
Download or read book Native American Postcolonial Psychology written by Eduardo Duran and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-03-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a theoretical discussion of problems and issues encountered in the Native American community from a perspective that accepts Native knowledge as legitimate. Native American cosmology and metaphor are used extensively in order to deal with specific problems such as alcoholism, suicide, family, and community problems. The authors discuss what it means to present material from the perspective of a people who have legitimate ways of knowing and conceptualizing reality and show that it is imperative to understand intergenerational trauma and internalized oppression in order to understand the issues facing Native Americans today."--pub. website.
Download or read book Placing Psyche written by Thomas Singer and published by Spring Journal. This book was released on 2011 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing Psyche is the first in a series of books that will explore the notion of cultural complexes in a variety of settings around the world. The continent of Australia is the focus of this inaugural volume in which the contributors elucidate how the unique geography and peoples of Australia interact and interpenetrate to create the particular "mindscapes" of the Australian psyche. While the cultural complexes of Australia are explored with a keen eye to the specificity of place, history, context, and content, at the same time it becomes obvious that these cultural complexes emerge out of an archetypal background that is not just Australian but global. This volume shows how cultural complex theory itself mediates between the particularity of place and the universality of archetypal patterns.
Download or read book Indigenous and Cultural Psychology written by Uichol Kim and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-03 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous psychology is an emerging new field in psychology, focusing on psychological universals in social, cultural, and ecological contexts - Starting point for psychologists who wish to understand various cultures from their own ecological, historial, philosophical, and religious perspectives
Download or read book Psychological Sense of Community written by Adrian T. Fisher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors have explored a series of different types of communities - moving from the basic idea of those based at a specific location all the way to virtual communities of the internet. A key feature of this book is the research focus that emphasizes the theory-driven analyses and the diversity of contexts in which sense of community is applied. The book will be of great interest to those concerned with understanding various forms of community and how communities can be mobilized to achieve wellbeing.
Download or read book Global Psychology from Indigenous Perspectives written by Louise Sundararajan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the visions of a more equitable global psychology as inspired by the late Professor K. S. Yang, one of the founders of the indigenous psychology movement. This unprecedented international debate among leaders in the field is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the movement from within—the thinking and the vision of those who are the driving forces behind the movement. This book should appeal to scholars and students of psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, philosophy of science, and postcolonial studies.
Download or read book Multicultural Responsiveness in Counselling and Psychology written by Vicki Hutton and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook explores cultural responsiveness needed for working with diverse Australian communities in psychology and counselling settings, as well as in social science research. Key concepts essential for self-awareness and multicultural understanding are discussed in detail, encouraging readers to explore socialisation, discrimination and bias as well as effective principles for change. Topics covered include postcolonialism in relation to Indigenous Australians, racism, classism, sexism, cisgenderism and heterosexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism and religion. Over eleven chapters key concepts are discussed by experts in the field. Each topic covered includes a summary of relevant current affairs, followed by reflective essays from individuals sharing their own stories about their identities and experiences. Each chapter concludes with transformational learning activities to cultivate further insight, engagement and understanding of oppression and multicultural experiences. This book will be a core resource for those completing tertiary psychology and counselling courses in Australia, and for those wishing to ensure their existing practice is up to date.
