Honoring children, mending the circle: cultural adaptation of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for American Indian and Alaska native children.
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.
BigFoot
Dolores Subia
DS
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. dee-bigfoot@ouhsc.edu
Schmidt
Susan R
SR
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*