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Australian Journal of Community Work, 2020

In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified... more In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified as a significant risk factor for the development of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Although it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. It has been widely reported that there are multiple barriers to addressing issues of problem AOD use amongst Aboriginal Australians including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. For Aboriginal women, whose voices have been historically silenced, these gaps are even wider. Informed by the stories of Aboriginal women who have experienced a problem with alcohol, as well as Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who have worked with them, this article presents a conceptual framework. The aim of this framework is to contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the provision of services for Aboriginal women experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, and using narrative-inquiry methods, this article examines the development and maintenance of alcohol problems as experienced by Aboriginal women. In particular a broader and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism, and the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame is made.

Abstract It has been reported that the high prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems a... more Abstract
It has been reported that the high prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems among Aboriginal Australians (Wilson, Grey, Stearne & Saggers, 2010) bears a direct relationship to the devastating effects of colonisation and its practices (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997, 2008). Although social science is often based on what is purported to be ‘objective research’, much of the discourse within the field serves to uphold a widespread view of Aboriginal Australians as being somehow in deficit. This paper will explore not only how the construction of deficit narratives based on notions of race (Friere, 1970; Solorzano & Yosso, 2002) has distorted and silenced the narratives of Aboriginal Australians, but also how modernist therapeutic discourse, in representing AOD issues in a manner that locates the problem within the individual, can create counter-productive situations.
Narrative methodologies rest on the critique of established therapeutic discourses as to how a ‘problem’ is constituted, and propose to de- and re-constitute the problem in a manner that attends to social, historical and political contexts. In describing a problem as being constituted through specific events, narrative methodological approaches contextualise consumption in a manner that challenges dominant social narratives. Such methodologies have profound implications for how counselling may be performed.
In presenting a case for providing culturally safe ways of working therapeutically with Aboriginal Australians experiencing problems with AOD use, the benefits of including therapeutic discourses that recognise the power of language, the relativity of truth and the relational nature of objectivity would appear to be self-evident. Narrative approaches to therapy, originally developed in Australia out of collaborations between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal practitioners, have been reported to offer such a culturally safe approach through positioning each therapeutic subject, or person, as an expert on that person’s own lived experience (Wingard & Lester, 2001).

Abstract Addictions Conference 2017 In this paper, I will be drawing on my doctoral research from... more Abstract Addictions Conference 2017
In this paper, I will be drawing on my doctoral research from my thesis: Healing in the Yarn: Exploring Culturally Acceptable Responses to Australian Aboriginal Women Who Have Experience of Feelings of Shame and are Seeking Counselling for Problems with Alcohol.
It has been established that the high prevalence of alcohol (and other drug) problems among Aboriginal Australians bears a direct relationship to the devastating effects of settler-colonisation.
Although social science is often based on what is seen as ‘objective research’, much of the discourse within the field serves to uphold a widespread view of Aboriginal Australians as being somehow in deficit. This paper will explore not only how modernist therapeutic discourse, in representing AOD issues in a manner that locates the problem within the individual can create situations which are counter- productive but how the construction of deficit narratives based on notions of race can affect social identity and lead to individuals experiencing high levels of the self conscious emotion shame. Research has shown that experiences of high levels of shame are linked to an increase in vulnerability to harmful alcohol use. Narrative methodologies rest on the critique of established therapeutic discourse as to how a “problem” is constituted, and proposes to address problem in a manner that pays attention to historical and political contexts.
In describing a problem as having been constituted through specific events, narrative methodological approaches contextualise alcohol problems in a manner that challenges dominant social narratives. Such methodologies have implications for how counselling may be performed. In presenting a case for culturally safe ways of counselling Aboriginal Australian women who are experiencing problems with alcohol, the benefits of including approaches that recognise the power of language, the relativity of truth and the relational nature of objectivity would appear to be self – evident.

Thesis Chapters by Anni Hine Moana

Looking at Our Own History Book: , 2018

Settler-colonisation in locations such as Australia, North America and Aotearoa/New Zealand occur... more Settler-colonisation in locations such as Australia, North America and Aotearoa/New Zealand occurred in the context of a racial discourse that constructed and positioned the indigenous populations as racially inferior. Deficit narratives associated with indigenous identity continue to form part of the dominant discourse that treats Aboriginal people as a problem population requiring particular forms of management. As a result, many Aboriginal women in Australia have a lifelong experience of significant trauma. The literature identifies such trauma as a significant risk factor in the development of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) problems, and while it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. There are multiple barriers to addressing the issue openly, including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. Informed by the stories of the Aboriginal women and Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who feature in this study, the purpose of the research is to present a conceptual framework that will contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the field of AOD counselling for indigenous women experiencing high rates of AOD-related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and using narrative-inquiry methods, the study aims to provide a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism and of the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame in the development and maintenance of alcohol problems experienced by Aboriginal women. The research demonstrates the value of, and argues the need for, therapists embracing narrative and storied approaches in working with Australian Aboriginal women seeking help for alcohol problems—not only to ‘treat’ the immediate alcohol problem, but also to address the underlying issue of endemic low self-esteem that gives rise to the problem.

Papers by Anni Hine Moana

Women and Birth, Mar 1, 2023

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022

For this article, I have drawn from a project "Looking at Our Own History Book: Exploring Th... more For this article, I have drawn from a project "Looking at Our Own History Book: Exploring Through the Stories of Aboriginal Women the Relationship Between Shame and the Problems with Alcohol", which I undertook in partnership with Aboriginal Australian counsellors, community workers, and women with whom they had worked. I conducted my research in urban and regional areas of Victoria, Australia from 2014-2017. In the article, I describe how listening to the women's first-hand accounts of practices associated with settler-colonisation impacted me, as researcher—both emotionally and in terms of my professional and social identity—and how the telling of their stories, particularly in relation to the concept of "shame", impacted how the women saw themselves. Approaching the research process as a shared act of becoming, the article adds to our understanding of how self-conscious emotions such as shame contribute to the problems researchers working in the area investigate, and provides a different approach to how they might best be addressed.

This thesis examines a case for the inclusion of narrative therapy by mainstream alcohol and othe... more This thesis examines a case for the inclusion of narrative therapy by mainstream alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in counselling Australian indigenous people. Narrative therapy and narrative practices emerged from work developed in partnership with indigenous practitioners in the 1980s in Australia, and although little research has been done on these methods, they are generally regarded as being culturally acceptable to indigenous people. Currently, the interventions most commonly used in mainstream AOD counselling are generally short term and focus on changing behaviour. The argument of this thesis is not that mainstream AOD interventions are without value, but rather that some reductionist methods of counselling may not constitute the most culturally appropriate approach for working with indigenous clients, many of whom continue to be affected by trauma related to colonisation and its practices and experiences of ongoing racism and social disadvantage. This thesis also concer...

In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified... more In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified as a significant risk factor for the development of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Although it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. It has been widely reported that there are multiple barriers to addressing issues of problem AOD use amongst Aboriginal Australians including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. For Aboriginal women, whose voices have been historically silenced, these gaps are even wider. Informed by the stories of Aboriginal women who have experienced a problem with alcohol, as well as Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who have worked with them, this article presents a conceptual framework. The aim of this framework is to contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the provision of services for Aboriginal women experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, and using narrative-inquiry methods, this article examines the development and maintenance of alcohol problems as experienced by Aboriginal women. In particular a broader and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism, and the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame is made.

Australian Journal of Community Work, 2020

In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified... more In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified as a significant risk factor for the development of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Although it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. It has been widely reported that there are multiple barriers to addressing issues of problem AOD use amongst Aboriginal Australians including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. For Aboriginal women, whose voices have been historically silenced, these gaps are even wider. Informed by the stories of Aboriginal women who have experienced a problem with alcohol, as well as Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who have worked with them, this article presents a conceptual framework. The aim of this framework is to contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the provision of services for Aboriginal women experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, and using narrative-inquiry methods, this article examines the development and maintenance of alcohol problems as experienced by Aboriginal women. In particular a broader and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism, and the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame is made.

Abstract It has been reported that the high prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems a... more Abstract
It has been reported that the high prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems among Aboriginal Australians (Wilson, Grey, Stearne & Saggers, 2010) bears a direct relationship to the devastating effects of colonisation and its practices (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997, 2008). Although social science is often based on what is purported to be ‘objective research’, much of the discourse within the field serves to uphold a widespread view of Aboriginal Australians as being somehow in deficit. This paper will explore not only how the construction of deficit narratives based on notions of race (Friere, 1970; Solorzano & Yosso, 2002) has distorted and silenced the narratives of Aboriginal Australians, but also how modernist therapeutic discourse, in representing AOD issues in a manner that locates the problem within the individual, can create counter-productive situations.
Narrative methodologies rest on the critique of established therapeutic discourses as to how a ‘problem’ is constituted, and propose to de- and re-constitute the problem in a manner that attends to social, historical and political contexts. In describing a problem as being constituted through specific events, narrative methodological approaches contextualise consumption in a manner that challenges dominant social narratives. Such methodologies have profound implications for how counselling may be performed.
In presenting a case for providing culturally safe ways of working therapeutically with Aboriginal Australians experiencing problems with AOD use, the benefits of including therapeutic discourses that recognise the power of language, the relativity of truth and the relational nature of objectivity would appear to be self-evident. Narrative approaches to therapy, originally developed in Australia out of collaborations between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal practitioners, have been reported to offer such a culturally safe approach through positioning each therapeutic subject, or person, as an expert on that person’s own lived experience (Wingard & Lester, 2001).

Abstract Addictions Conference 2017 In this paper, I will be drawing on my doctoral research from... more Abstract Addictions Conference 2017
In this paper, I will be drawing on my doctoral research from my thesis: Healing in the Yarn: Exploring Culturally Acceptable Responses to Australian Aboriginal Women Who Have Experience of Feelings of Shame and are Seeking Counselling for Problems with Alcohol.
It has been established that the high prevalence of alcohol (and other drug) problems among Aboriginal Australians bears a direct relationship to the devastating effects of settler-colonisation.
Although social science is often based on what is seen as ‘objective research’, much of the discourse within the field serves to uphold a widespread view of Aboriginal Australians as being somehow in deficit. This paper will explore not only how modernist therapeutic discourse, in representing AOD issues in a manner that locates the problem within the individual can create situations which are counter- productive but how the construction of deficit narratives based on notions of race can affect social identity and lead to individuals experiencing high levels of the self conscious emotion shame. Research has shown that experiences of high levels of shame are linked to an increase in vulnerability to harmful alcohol use. Narrative methodologies rest on the critique of established therapeutic discourse as to how a “problem” is constituted, and proposes to address problem in a manner that pays attention to historical and political contexts.
In describing a problem as having been constituted through specific events, narrative methodological approaches contextualise alcohol problems in a manner that challenges dominant social narratives. Such methodologies have implications for how counselling may be performed. In presenting a case for culturally safe ways of counselling Aboriginal Australian women who are experiencing problems with alcohol, the benefits of including approaches that recognise the power of language, the relativity of truth and the relational nature of objectivity would appear to be self – evident.

Looking at Our Own History Book: , 2018

Settler-colonisation in locations such as Australia, North America and Aotearoa/New Zealand occur... more Settler-colonisation in locations such as Australia, North America and Aotearoa/New Zealand occurred in the context of a racial discourse that constructed and positioned the indigenous populations as racially inferior. Deficit narratives associated with indigenous identity continue to form part of the dominant discourse that treats Aboriginal people as a problem population requiring particular forms of management. As a result, many Aboriginal women in Australia have a lifelong experience of significant trauma. The literature identifies such trauma as a significant risk factor in the development of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) problems, and while it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. There are multiple barriers to addressing the issue openly, including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. Informed by the stories of the Aboriginal women and Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who feature in this study, the purpose of the research is to present a conceptual framework that will contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the field of AOD counselling for indigenous women experiencing high rates of AOD-related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and using narrative-inquiry methods, the study aims to provide a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism and of the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame in the development and maintenance of alcohol problems experienced by Aboriginal women. The research demonstrates the value of, and argues the need for, therapists embracing narrative and storied approaches in working with Australian Aboriginal women seeking help for alcohol problems—not only to ‘treat’ the immediate alcohol problem, but also to address the underlying issue of endemic low self-esteem that gives rise to the problem.

Women and Birth, Mar 1, 2023

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022

For this article, I have drawn from a project "Looking at Our Own History Book: Exploring Th... more For this article, I have drawn from a project "Looking at Our Own History Book: Exploring Through the Stories of Aboriginal Women the Relationship Between Shame and the Problems with Alcohol", which I undertook in partnership with Aboriginal Australian counsellors, community workers, and women with whom they had worked. I conducted my research in urban and regional areas of Victoria, Australia from 2014-2017. In the article, I describe how listening to the women's first-hand accounts of practices associated with settler-colonisation impacted me, as researcher—both emotionally and in terms of my professional and social identity—and how the telling of their stories, particularly in relation to the concept of "shame", impacted how the women saw themselves. Approaching the research process as a shared act of becoming, the article adds to our understanding of how self-conscious emotions such as shame contribute to the problems researchers working in the area investigate, and provides a different approach to how they might best be addressed.

This thesis examines a case for the inclusion of narrative therapy by mainstream alcohol and othe... more This thesis examines a case for the inclusion of narrative therapy by mainstream alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in counselling Australian indigenous people. Narrative therapy and narrative practices emerged from work developed in partnership with indigenous practitioners in the 1980s in Australia, and although little research has been done on these methods, they are generally regarded as being culturally acceptable to indigenous people. Currently, the interventions most commonly used in mainstream AOD counselling are generally short term and focus on changing behaviour. The argument of this thesis is not that mainstream AOD interventions are without value, but rather that some reductionist methods of counselling may not constitute the most culturally appropriate approach for working with indigenous clients, many of whom continue to be affected by trauma related to colonisation and its practices and experiences of ongoing racism and social disadvantage. This thesis also concer...

In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified... more In Australia many Aboriginal women have a lifelong experience of trauma which has been identified as a significant risk factor for the development of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems. Although it is acknowledged that problem AOD use and associated harms is an issue for many Aboriginal women, significant dimensions of the issue remain largely unaddressed. It has been widely reported that there are multiple barriers to addressing issues of problem AOD use amongst Aboriginal Australians including fear, lack of services, and gaps in our knowledge of culturally safe therapeutic practices. For Aboriginal women, whose voices have been historically silenced, these gaps are even wider. Informed by the stories of Aboriginal women who have experienced a problem with alcohol, as well as Aboriginal counsellors and community workers who have worked with them, this article presents a conceptual framework. The aim of this framework is to contribute to greater knowledge and more culturally sensitive practices in the provision of services for Aboriginal women experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harm. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, and using narrative-inquiry methods, this article examines the development and maintenance of alcohol problems as experienced by Aboriginal women. In particular a broader and more nuanced understanding of the impact of gendered racism, and the role of the self-conscious emotion of shame is made.