title: Honoring children, mending the circle: cultural adaptation of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for American Indian and Alaska native children.
abstract: American Indians and Alaska Natives are vulnerable populations with significant levels of trauma exposure. The Indian Country Child Trauma Center developed an American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adaptation of the evidence-based child trauma treatment, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy. Honoring Children, Mending the Circle (HC-MC) guides the therapeutic process through a blending of AI/AN traditional teachings with cognitive-behavioral methods. The authors introduced the HC-MC treatment and illustrated its therapeutic tools by way of a case illustration.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. dee-bigfoot@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Dolores Subia
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: BigFoot
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D004930:Inuit / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008602:Mental Healing; D033262:Narration; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*