Integrating Curanderismo into counselling and psychotherapy

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The use of ceremonies, characteristic of many Indigenous healing systems, is an area from which Western psychotherapy still has much to gain. The purpose of this paper is to support the potential for integrating the Indigenous practice of Curanderismo, Mexican traditional healing, into Western psychotherapy by examining three areas of similarity. Throughout each area of similarity, the psychotherapeutic qualities of ceremonial intervention will be explained using research from both Western psychotherapy and Curanderismo. Finally, four processes from Mexican traditional healing and Western psychotherapy will be compared across these areas of similarity to further illustrate the potential for integration.View full textDownload full textKeywordsCuranderismo, ceremony, transference, countertransference, traditional healingRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2010.505752