Transforming the soul wound : a theoretical/clinical approach to American Indian psychology

Part 1 - Theoretical approach. 1 Introduction. 2 Psychological world views. 3 The vehicle. 4 Theoretical concerns. Part 2 - Clinical praxis. 5 The spirit of alcohol6 Working with families and abused children. 7 The problem of suicide. 8 Community intervention. 8 Epilogue

'...I have attempted to delineate a notion whereby the western reader can use a western theoretical construct in order to understand the Indian client when the meeting takes place in the clinical setting. By taking a theoretical construct and integrating Indian world views it is possible to understand the Indian client's therapeutic needs in a more sensitive fashion....The discussion has taken the reader into questioning western world views as being the supreme world view, regardless of what God may have told Adam in the garden of Eden....'

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