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.