Enhancing Mental Health Outcomes for Indigenous Clients by Embodying Decolonizing Principles

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dc.contributor.authorSharp, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T21:26:17Z
dc.date.available2025-02-13T21:26:17Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-25
dc.description.abstractThe following research paper explores how non-Indigenous practitioners can work to enhance mental health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples by embodying decolonizing principles. First, the author will position themselves within Canada’s history, the paper will then briefly discuss the ongoing harms the profession of psychology has inflicted on Indigenous communities through colonial violence. This will be followed by a critical analysis of the current literature that will highlight individual, institutional, and social responsibilities in the decolonization process. Subsequently, consideration of implications for counseling psychology, and areas for future research are discussed. Recommendations for applied clinical practice can then be offered. The manuscript concludes with a reflexive personal statement. However, the entire document was written through reflexive practice (Allen, 2023). Within the Blackfoot 5 territories where I live, I sought out professional and academic guidance from Blackfoot professionals, as well as immersion and genuine relationship building with the diverse Indigenous community who currently live here. Through these choices I sought to develop strategies to question my "own attitudes, thought processes, values, assumptions, prejudices and habitual actions, to strive to understand [my] complex role in relation to others." (Allen, 2023).
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2671
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectindigenous mental health
dc.subjectdecolonizing
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectethical practice
dc.subjectexamining bias
dc.subjectpsychology
dc.subjectcounselling psychology
dc.subjectcultural competency
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectcalls to action
dc.subjectprofessional
dc.subjectself-reflection
dc.subjectreflective practice
dc.titleEnhancing Mental Health Outcomes for Indigenous Clients by Embodying Decolonizing Principles
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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