Desjarlais, S. A. (2012). Emptying the Cup: Healing Fragmented Identity An Anishinawbekwe Perspective on Historical Trauma and Culturally Appropriate Consultation. Fourth World Journal, 11(1).

Abstract

“Emptying the Cup – Healing Fragmented Identity: An Anishinawbekwe perspective on historical trauma and culturally appropriate consultation,” is a study of consultation applying the heuristic method. Applying this method was most consistent with Anishinawbekwe approaches to inquiry. Emptying the Cup: Healing fragmented identity impresses upon the reader the vital roles that spiritual practices, culture, and ceremony play in Aboriginal identity, trauma prevention and healing; it also opens the door to discussing a pragmatic approach to culturally appropriate consultation that empowers all communities to take responsibility to come together in a good way, for afresh look at the contemporary consultation models and provides necessary inspiration to think beyond the limitations of current diseased and disempowered realities. Come let’s learn how to “Empty your cup.”