TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitigating Contemporary Trauma Impacts Using Ancient Applications
AU - Morris, Gavin
AU - Groom, Rachel
AU - Schuberg, Emma
AU - Atkinson, Judy
AU - Atkinson, Caroline
AU - Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam Rose
N1 - Funding Information:
We extend our sincere gratitude to all the participants of the Nauiyu community, Daly River who have given their time and trust in this study. We also would like to express our gratitude to the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society at Charles Darwin University which supported this research.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Morris, Groom, Schuberg, Atkinson, Atkinson and Ungunmerr-Baumann.
PY - 2022/8/2
Y1 - 2022/8/2
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic represents the most significant global challenge in a generation. Based on extant data from previous pandemics, demographic, occupational, and psychological factors have been linked to distress and for some vulnerable members of society. COVID-19 has added to the layers of grief and distress of existing trauma. Evidence-based frameworks exist to guide our individual and collective response to reduce the trauma associated with the experience of a pandemic. Pandemic and post-pandemic measures to ameliorate impacts require a multi-disciplined approach, central to which is community connectedness, resilience, and access to support. We advocate for the acceptance and broader application of Dadirri, a healing practice held by the Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri Aboriginal people of the Daly River region in the Northern Territory, Australia. This modality engages therapeutic phases that are comparable with other practiced trauma therapies. The demonstrated therapeutic outcomes from Dadirri can be attained through an individualistic or in a relational engagement context. This practice is accessible to all ages, is non-specific to gender and is suitable for people constrained in their mobility or limited by resources, pertinent in pandemic affected settings.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic represents the most significant global challenge in a generation. Based on extant data from previous pandemics, demographic, occupational, and psychological factors have been linked to distress and for some vulnerable members of society. COVID-19 has added to the layers of grief and distress of existing trauma. Evidence-based frameworks exist to guide our individual and collective response to reduce the trauma associated with the experience of a pandemic. Pandemic and post-pandemic measures to ameliorate impacts require a multi-disciplined approach, central to which is community connectedness, resilience, and access to support. We advocate for the acceptance and broader application of Dadirri, a healing practice held by the Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri Aboriginal people of the Daly River region in the Northern Territory, Australia. This modality engages therapeutic phases that are comparable with other practiced trauma therapies. The demonstrated therapeutic outcomes from Dadirri can be attained through an individualistic or in a relational engagement context. This practice is accessible to all ages, is non-specific to gender and is suitable for people constrained in their mobility or limited by resources, pertinent in pandemic affected settings.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Dadirri
KW - indigenous practice
KW - traditional healing
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136218949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.645397
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.645397
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136218949
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 645397
ER -