Thursday, January 29, 2009

Resources for Maori Education Counselling

Kia ora ano,

Since the inception of the Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau programme in 1991, there has been an increase in resources developed for Maori counselling, this is fantastic. Therefore, it would be great to continue the efforts of creating/re-developing/building-on ideas for Maori counselling resources. We invite you to send in ideas for articles, waiata, videos (youtube), models, chapters in books, photographs, poems, conferences, art and anything else that would be useful information to share. Taima

Background:

At the beginning of developing the Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau programme in 1991, information was scarce, but with creativity and support the development team were able to come up with a variety of sources to teach cultural and counselling content for the programme. The late Reverend Werewere Maaka taught us how to integrate traditional Maori concepts and make these relevant to counselling practice for example: Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau and the journey of Tawhaki (Tane to others). The late Whaea Petiwaea taught us Tuakiri o te Tangata and how this model is useful for working with emotions. These kaumatua supported us to create Maori centered material for the course. For myself, I was inspired to create the Cycle of Rongo. Also, we were endorsed to draw from our own counselling experiences. Both myself and Kimi created the concepts of FAR,WAR,COS and JIDs etc. We were lucky to be able to use Mason Durie's Whare Tapa Wha and Rose Pere's Te Wheke Model - now timeless resources. There are many similar stories but you get the gist, with support we are all able to create resources that are useful learning tools. Look forward to your ideas, Taima

6 comments:

Taima said...

Hi all

below is a conference that some of you might be interested in preparing for: it is the Healing our Spirit Worldwide conference Sept 3-10 2010, Hawaii. See details on the site: http://www.hosw.com/

Taima said...

Kia ora, below are some articles that are relevant to Counselling developments in NZ. Some of the articles relate to Maori Counselling developments. Taima

Durie, M. (1989). A move that’s well overdue: Shaping counselling to meet the needs of Maori people. New Zealand Counselling and Guidance Association Journal, 11(1):13-23.

Durie, M. & Hermansson, G. (1990). Counselling Maori people in New Zealand (Aotearoa). International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 13: 107-118, 1990. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/tl827281x1483p52/ (retrieved 6 February 2009).

Manthei, B. (1991). Counseling Psychology in New Zealand. August 1991. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (99th, San Francisco, CA, August 16-20, 1991).

Lang, S.W.K. (2005). Decolonialism and the counseling profession: The Aotearoa/New Zealand experience. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, Vol 27, No.4 December, 2005.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/2830402452n6r3w3/ (retrieved 6 February 2009).

Hermansson, G.L. & Webb, S.B. (1993). Guidance and counselling in New Zealand: Weathering a decade of transformation. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 16: 213-227, 1993. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6256hu232753400/ (retrieved 6 February 2009).

Taima said...

These sites are useful for Maori Counselling networks.

Te Whariki Tautoko Incorporated Society (2008). http://www.tewharikitautoko.org.nz/ (retrieved 6 March 2008).

Te Korowai Aroha Whanau Services (2008) http://www.freewebs.com/ngawha/kowaimatou.htm (retrieved 4 November, 2008).

Taima said...

Also, here is the reference for Whaea Tuti's book.

Barrett-Aranui, H. (1999). A gossamer of wisdom: Truths enshrouded within the ancestral house of Ngaati Maniapoto. University of Waikato, Hamilton: Waikato Print.

Taima said...

Kia ora, you might be familiar with ibooks - this is a place where you can read books off the internet, however some sections (up to 15%) might be missing. However its a quick way to gain information. Below are 3 books relevant to Maori counselling. Mason Durie has a section on paiheretia counselling model in his book and Tuti Aranui has a section called Maori wellbeing in Munro's books. Happy reading.

Nga Kahui Pou – Launching Maori Futures by Mason Durie
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Hi9dZ157Cg8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=mason+durie&lr=#PPP1,M1

Mai i a Rangiatea – Maori Wellbeing and Development by Pania Te Whaiti, Marie McCarthy and Arohia Durie
http://books.google.ca/books?id=D5-5o1Wq8LoC&pg=PA66&dq=maori+counselling&lr=

Counselling the skills of problem-solving by Anne Munro, Bob Manthei and John Small
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ws4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA106&dq=maori+counselling&lr=#PPP1,M1

Taima said...

Below are a few books relevant to Indigenous activities such as research, anger management and education. They might be of interest.

Decolonising Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Nad7afStdr8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=indigenous#PPA8,M1

Anger and Indigenous Men by Andrew Day, Martin N. Nakata and Kevin Howells
http://books.google.ca/books?id=SL0s9d_y9zoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indigenous#PPR6,M1

Indigenous Commuity-Based Education by Stephen May
http://books.google.ca/books?id=WmUSPSLxlPQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indigenous#PPA8,M1