1. Cross Cultural Elements of Healing

2. Worldview Interpretation depends upon the contextual world from which the interpreter speaks Provider interpretation must adapt to fit worldview of the person affected Jaguar Brings Fire – SS Boulet

3. What happens when? … a provider isn’t willing to adapt his/her interpretation to fit worldview of the person affected

4. What are these elements? Steps to Survival: Cross Cultural Healing Elements in the Treatment of AIDS By Leon McKusick & Terry Tafoya

5. Power of Naming How we define illness predicts how we will respond to it Consider these HIV definitions: –ARC –HIV+ –AIDS –Chronic Health Condition Giving an explanatory model

6. Punctuation Not providing punctuation is a disservice Most effective punctuation is provided at a moment of congruence Example: starting medications Changing Woman – Duke Sine

7. Group Ritual Group reality is established thru ritual Group ritual provides a structure for powerful, open expression (not uncontrollable or overwhelming) Navajo Oral Tradition – Harrison Begay

8. Emotional Arousal Altered states of consciousness – essential part of the healing transformation Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards

9. Emotional Arousal Drumming, hymns or power songs become anchors or cues

10. Self Mastery Promoting an increased sense of personal mastery in response to illness Sacred Path Cards

11. Self Mastery Skill do not have to directly act upon the disease

12. Personal Qualities of the Healer Research - important predictor of success with clients Genuineness, warmth, & empathy Varies from culture to culture Medicine Woman – SS Boulet

13. Personal Qualities of the Healer Quickest way of disrupting client’s perception of provider is by violating the Secondary Worldview

14. Cross Cultural Elements of Healing Shared to assist providers in reframing and recontextualizing approaches to illness and its treatment Creatrix Woman – SS Boulet