Contents
Foreword?Allen E. Ivey?xi
Acknowledgments?xiii
Introduction?1
A Brief Look at Relevant Literature?4
The Importance of Cultural Competence?7
Previous Treatment and Research: Methods of Oppression?11
1.?Wounding Seeking Wounding: The Psychology of Internalized Oppression?14
Liberation Psychology Through Hybridism?14
Intergenerational Trauma: The Soul Wound?17
The Psychology of the Healer?22
The Rape of Turtle Island?23
Starting a New Narrative?28
2.?Overpathologizing Original People?31
Transference Toward Original People?32
Diagnosis as a Naming Ceremony ?33
Therapists as Perpetrators of Historical Trauma?35
Clinical Racism in Indian Country?37
3.?The Healing/Therapeutic Circle?41
In the Very Beginning?42
The Healing Container?44
The Identity of the Healer?45
Initial Sessions?48
4.?Historical Trauma: Treating the Soul Wound?50
Case #1: Recognizing Violence as a Historical Inheritance?51
Case #2: Working with the Feeling Function?57
Conclusion?59
5.?The Spirit of Alcohol: Treating Addiction?61
Teachings on the Spirit of Alcohol?61
Addiction as a Spiritual Disorder?63
Alcoholic as a Name?65
Case #3: Relating to the Spirit of Alcohol?67
Case #4: Interpreting a Dream Within a Group Session?76
Conclusion?78
6.?Diagnosis: Treating Emotional Problems as Living Entities?80
Visits by Depression and Anxiety?81
Case #5: A Patient Visited by Depression and Anxiety?84
Conclusion: Pain and the Spirit of Healing?111
7.??All Conditions Normal?: Working with Veterans?112
Warrior Soul Wounding?114
Injury Where Blood Doesn?t Flow?116
Archetypal and Spiritual Understanding of Trauma?117
?He Restores My Soul? (Psalm 23:3)?120
Spirit of Suicide?120
Restoring Balance Through Gift Offerings?124
Don?t Waste Your Suffering?125
Case Study?126
Transitional Therapy?143
Conclusion?145
8.?Community Intervention?148
Is Research the Answer? ?149
Liberation Research Through Community Story Sciencing?153
Interventions with Indigenous Communities?158
Addressing Religious Differences in Native Communities?162
Healing the Land?164
Conclusion: A Slow Process?166
9.?Clinical Supervision?168
A Sample of Supervisory Dialogue?169
Conclusion?175
10.?Before Completion?178
References?183
Index?187
About the Author?193
