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Garner, Holly; Bruce, Mary Alice; Stellern, John – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2011
The purpose of this article is to describe a group counseling model that is based on the indigenous medicine wheel as well as Navajo philosophy by which to help troubled adolescents restore harmony and balance in their lives, through establishing goals and sequential steps to accomplish these goals. The authors call this model the Goal Wheel. A…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Adolescents, School Counseling, Group Counseling
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Colmant, Stephen A.; Merta, Rod J. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1999
Describes the sweat lodge ceremony used at a residential treatment center located on the Navajo Nation and compares the ceremony to modern group work identifying Yalom's (1995) 11 therapeutic factors of group therapy within the ceremony. Considers widespread use of the ceremony with Native Americans and nonnative Americans as well as…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cognitive Development, Counseling Psychology, Cultural Awareness