The chains of colonial inheritance: searching for identity in a subservient nation
Explores the issue of Australia’s ongoing difficulties in establishing an independent national identity. He then traces these difficulties to what he identifies as ‘unresolved issues’ in Australian society inherited from the colonial days, including the ‘hybrid’ political system, a hostility to non-Europeans, resistance to reconciliation, the rejection of multiculturalism, the ongoing degradation of the natural […]
Trauma trails, recreating song lines: the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous Australia
Providing a startling answer to the questions of how to solve the problems of generational trauma, Trauma Trails moves beyond the rhetoric of victimhood, and provides inspiration for anyone concerned about Indigenous and Non-Indigenous communities today. Beginning with issues of colonial dispossession, Judy Atkinson also sensitively deals with trauma caused by abuse, alcoholism, and drug […]
Working with Indigenous Australians: A handbook for psychologists
A practical guide for psychologists and associated mental health professionals, addresses the practical issues of working in Indigenous settings and with Indigenous people in urban, rural and remote environments. Covers individual, family and community approaches and describes appropriate models of intervention.