Anni Hine Moana, my guest this week on ‘Talk the Walk’ has over 40 years of experience from counselling in alcohol, drugs, gambling and mental health to supervision, lecturing and curriculum development. This is a fascinating conversation with a researcher whose passion is to see tangible outcomes for Aboriginal people accessing appropriate counselling services.
Anni completed a Masters of Counselling in 2011 exploring the case for the inclusion of Narrative Therapy in counselling for Indigenous AOD clients. Anni is now undertaking her phD on the ‘relationship between the self-conscious emotion of shame and alcohol, experienced by Australian Aboriginal women living in urban and regional areas’. In this episode, Anni talks about her early research findings and the implications for social workers and other allied health professionals in their clinical work.
In episode 12 of ‘Talk the Walk’, we explore:
- Anni’s emerging themes of the impact of shame and the ‘white gaze’ on Aboriginal women’s lived experience
- How shame presents itself in the counselling room
- The one basic skill every therapist can do to be respectful and develop a meaningful therapeutic relationship with Aboriginal women
- The relationship between Aboriginal women’s shame and alcohol use; and the stigma associated with drinking
- How Anni’s Maori culture has influenced her research; and the connection to experiences of shame within her own family
- Key findings from Anni’s research and support for a narrative therapeutic approach to practice
- The importance of listening for the ‘injustice part’ of women’s stories, the effects of racism on Aboriginal women’s lives and the role for counsellors in naming this
- looking at your own ‘history book’
- Challenges Anni has found in her work and research, how this impacts on her and what inspires her about the future
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Things to follow up after the episode
‘Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native’ by Patrick Wolfe
Stan Grants speech on racism and the Australian dream
Tree of Life by Ncazelo Ncube
Aborginal Narrative Practice: Honouring Storylines of Pride, Strength and Creativity by Barbara Wingard, Carolnanha Johnson and Tileah Drahm-Butler
Ben Harper singing ‘I’ll rise’
‘Our Own History Book: Exploring culturally acceptable responses to Australian Aboriginal women who have experience of feelings of shame and are seeking counselling for problems with alcohol’ by Anni Hine Moana
Re-storying alcohol use amongst Aboriginal Australians. by Anni Hine Moana
Follow Anni Hine Moana on academia.com or email at annihinemoana(at)gmail(dot)com
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