Applying Indigenous Based Work with Indigenous and Western Communities

with Russell Smith and Joy Te Wiata

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Webinar Overview

An indigenous approach to working in communities with Harmful Sexual Behavior. This discussion will explain some of the clinical Maori principals and applications in practice. We will also share some of the barriers that prevent indigenous therapies from being fully understood and our journey through navigating a way forward in the sexual violence treatment, intervention and prevention sector in New Zealand, what it means to be the only indigenous treatment center in New Zealand, and what indigenous clinical practice has to offer non-indigenous clients and practitioners.

Presenter: Russell Smith and Joy Te Wiata
Host: Alisa Klein
Presentation Date: June 20, 2017

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  1. Gain insight into indigenous practice.
  2. Learn what indigenous therapies have to offer to the Harmful Sexual Behavior sector.
  3. Consider an invitation to developing relationships with indigenous practitioners.