Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling

Name: Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health CounsellingFour Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology\nAuthor(s): Suzanne Stewart, Roy Moodley, Ashley Hyatt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138928992, 978-1138928992\nSynopsis\nNorth Americas 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 .