Psychohistoriography: A Post-Colonial Psychoanalytical and Psychotherapeutic Model; Preface; 1. Psychohistoriography and the Challenge to the Episteme: The Legacy of Caribbean Scholarship in the Development of Ethnopsychiatry; 2. The European-American Psychosis: A Psychohistoriographic Perspective of Contemporary Western Civilization; 3. The Early Origins of Cultural Therapy; 4. The Components of Psychohistoriographic Cultural Therapy; 5. Cultural Therapy as an Instrument of Social Psychotherapy; 6. Other Psychohistoriographic Cultural Therapy Projects
7. Psychohistoriographic Cultural Therapy: The Case Study in Montreal8. Psychohistoriographic Brief Psychotherapy: A Post-Colonial Model for Individual Reconstructive Psychotherapy; 9. Epilogue -- On the Structure of the Mind; Index; List of Music and Videos Used in Inaugural Lecture; Blank Page
Summary
This book lays out the model of psychohistoriography, which challenges dominant Eurocentric approaches to psychology and mental health, and includes a step by step process which professionals can use with clients of Caribbean or black and minority ethnic (BME) descent to explore issues around race, identity and culture. Psychohistoriography takes the form of a model for group psychotherapy in which members of a particular group or community narrate their stories within the context of a pertinent cultural or historical issue. The process includes deep breathing and stretching exercises, large g
