Ngā Ao e Rua | The Two Worlds: Psychotherapy, Biculturalism, and Professional Development in Aotearoa New Zealand. (30th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Green, Susan; Tudor, Keith; Dillon, Grant; Duncan, Andrew; Fay, Jonathan; Land, Crea; Morice, Margaret Poutu; Woodard, Wiremu
• Is Part Of: Psychotherapy and politics international. Volume 12:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 129
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2014-10-30
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Politics -- Periodicals; Psychothérapie -- Périodiques; Psychanalyse -- Périodiques; Politique -- Périodiques; Politique; Psychanalyse; Psychothérapie; 616.8914
• DOI: 10.1002/ppi.1329
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-9263

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>This article describes the history, philosophy, and development of Ngā Ao e Rua, an organisation of indigenous and non‐indigenous therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors, and health care providers working in Aotearoa New Zealand. The article, co‐authored and edited by members of Ngā Ao e Rua, traces its beginnings and its development over the past ten years. The article discusses the development of a bicultural process reflected in an organisational structure whereby members meet separately as Māori and as Pākehā and Tau Iwi (non‐Māori), and then together, and the personal and political learning that has derived from this. The article complements one published in this journal two years ago about Waka Oranga, the rōpu or organisation of Māori psychotherapists and psychotherapy practitioners (Hall, Morice, &amp; Wilson, 2012). Copyright © 2014 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>