Treatment Considerations for Indigenous/First Nations Adopted Young Adults Placed with Dominant Culture Families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12460209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandra L Paulsen, Sandra Paulsen (Paulsen Integrative Psychology, PLLC, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA), Shelley Pompana Spear Chief (Healing Pathways EMDR Counselling and Consulting, South Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 300-318 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6755 • E-ISSN: 1544-452X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10926755.2023.2228779 |
| OpenAlex | W4387022943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article reviews the history, cultural features and issues that therapists and researchers need to be aware of in working with and for Indigenous adoptees. It discusses areas to cover in assessment, including awareness of the ubiquity of dissociation in this population, both culturally normal and trauma induced dissociation. Finally, it offers suggestions for interventions drawing from cultural ceremonies, arts/crafts and other traditions, as well as psychotherapeutic interventions based on building a trusting relationship, ego state therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.Keywords: Indigenous/First Nationsadopteeadolescentsyoung adulthood Notes1 The Blackfoot Confederacy consists of four bands. In Alberta, Canada this includes the Kainai (Blood), Siksika (Blackfoot), and Northern Piegan (Piikani); in the United States the Confederacy included the Blackfeet of Montana. Historically, the Blackfoot people were nomadic, living as bison hunters and gatherers on the Great Plains
Ethnology · Indigenous · Indigenous culture · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · The arts · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Ecology
Adjustments of Transracially and Inracially Adopted Young Adults
Indigenous health part 2
A Multidimensional Meta-Analysis of Psychotherapy for PTSD
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
‘I Know What It's Like’
Finding their way home
The Advantages of Mingling Indians with Whites
A Generation Removed
Dissociative Experience and Cultural Neuroscience
Identity lost and found
The determinants of First Nation and Inuit health
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare
Effects of a secure attachment relationship on right brain development, affect regulation, and infant mental health
Pathways to the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System
Lost Bird of Wounded Knee
Historical Trauma Among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
The American Indian Holocaust
American Indian and White Adoptees
Far from the Reservation
Rethinking Historical Trauma
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |