Katz P
Can J Psychiatry. 1981 Nov;26(7):455-9. doi: 10.1177/070674378102600702.
Psychotherapy with native adolescents requires that the therapist learn about a different set of values, develop new communication skills, and re-examine many of his practices. Varying with the individual tribe, the attitudes to time, property and anger may be significantly different from the values of the white culture. Many of the Indian adolescents rely heavily on non-verbal communication, requiring an increased sensitivity by the therapist to this form of communication. The therapist may need to review his office setting, with an eye to making it less alien, and because of the different attitude to time, he may have to adjust the time structure of his practice, often using more than the fifty-minute hour. Treatment begins with an exploration of Indian-White difficulties, especially the stereotyping of all whites. It then focuses on helping the adolescents to establish their own individual identity, bucking the stereotypes that are projected on them. Examples are given from the author's own practice with Cree and Saulteaux-Ojibway adolescents.
对本土青少年进行心理治疗要求治疗师了解另一套价值观，培养新的沟通技巧，并重新审视自己的许多做法。因部落不同，对时间、财产和愤怒的态度可能与白人文化的价值观有显著差异。许多印第安青少年严重依赖非言语沟通，这就要求治疗师对这种沟通形式有更高的敏感度。治疗师可能需要审视自己的办公室环境，使其不那么陌生，而且由于对时间的态度不同，他可能不得不调整自己的治疗时间安排，通常会使用超过五十分钟的时长。治疗从探索印第安人与白人之间的问题开始，尤其是对所有白人的刻板印象。然后重点帮助青少年建立自己的个人身份，打破投射在他们身上的刻板印象。文中给出了作者在治疗克里族和索尔托-奥吉布瓦族青少年时的实例。
