TY - JOUR
T1 - Counselling indigenous Australians : human commonalities and self-esteem
AU - Dillon, Anthony
AU - Harker, Phil
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Australia’s indigenous population is significantly disadvantaged with respect to both physical and mental health when compared with the general population. This is despite enormous and well intentioned efforts by those responsible for the planning and delivery of services to Australia’s indigenous people. In this article, two authors, both with many shared years in working with indigenous people in a range of settings, suggest that current strategies are not as effective as they could be due to their emphasis on recognising and addressing cultural differences ahead of human commonalities. In reponse, sound advice is offered which counsellors could use when counselling indigenous people.
AB - Australia’s indigenous population is significantly disadvantaged with respect to both physical and mental health when compared with the general population. This is despite enormous and well intentioned efforts by those responsible for the planning and delivery of services to Australia’s indigenous people. In this article, two authors, both with many shared years in working with indigenous people in a range of settings, suggest that current strategies are not as effective as they could be due to their emphasis on recognising and addressing cultural differences ahead of human commonalities. In reponse, sound advice is offered which counsellors could use when counselling indigenous people.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/529371
UR - http://issuu.com/capansw/docs/capa-journal-2012-1-open-forum?e=7692765/1821669
M3 - Article
SN - 1835-937X
VL - 1
SP - 18
EP - 21
JO - CQ: the CAPA Quarterly
JF - CQ: the CAPA Quarterly
IS - Open Forum
ER -