- Title
- The potential of equine-assisted psychotherapy for treating trauma in australian aboriginal peoples
- Creator
- Bennett, Bindi; Woodman, Elise
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197504
- Identifier
- vital:18870
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz053
- Identifier
- ISSN:0045-3102
- Abstract
- Abstract Colonisation and subsequent policies targeting Aboriginal peoples in Australia have had devastating consequences, including trauma, disadvantage and marginalisation. These effects have passed from generation to generation and continue to manifest in poor health and well-being outcomes, particularly mental health disorders. Innovative and culturally relevant techniques are needed to remedy inequality and address intergenerational trauma. Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP)—an experiential therapy involving horses—is a new and increasingly evidence-based treatment approach, which offers potential for working with Aboriginal peoples. This article reviews the literature on outcomes of EAP to consider its potential as a culturally responsive therapy to treat trauma and increase well-being for Aboriginal people in Australia.
- Publisher
- Oxford Publishing Limited
- Relation
- The British journal of social work Vol. 49, no. 4 (2019), p. 1041-1058
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Oxford
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians; Clinical outcomes; Cultural sensitivity; Disadvantaged; Evidence-based medicine; Health problems; Health status; Horses; Indigenous peoples; Inequality; Literature reviews; Marginality; Mental disorders; Mental health; Native peoples; Psychotherapy; Trauma; Well being; 4409 Social work
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