Honoring children, mending the circle: cultural adaptation of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for American Indian and Alaska native children

J Clin Psychol. 2010 Aug;66(8):847-56. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20707.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / ethnology
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / psychology
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Cultural Competency*
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Family Therapy / methods
  • Female
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Humans
  • Indians, North American / psychology*
  • Inuit / psychology*
  • Male
  • Mental Healing
  • Narration
  • Social Support
  • Spirituality*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / ethnology*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / therapy*