Pacific Identities and Well-Being

Margaret Agee, PhD, leads the Counsellor Education Programme in the School of Counselling, Human Services, and Social Work at The University of Auckland, New Zealand.Tracey McIntosh, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at The University of Auckland, New Zealand.Philip Culbertson, PhD, is an adjunct lecturer in Theology at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, and an adjunct lecturer in Philosophy at The College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California.Cabrini ‘Ofa Makasiale, MA, is a Catholic sister who works in South Auckland-Manukau City as a counselor/psychotherapist, tutor, supervisor, and spiritual director.

• Part I: Identity Webber, Adolescent Racial-Ethnic Identity: Behaviors, Perceptions, and Challenges in Urban Multiethnic School Contexts. Mila, Not Another New Zealand-Born Identity Crisis: Well-Being and the Politics of Belonging. Agee, Culbertson, Sowing the Seeds: Parents’ and Grandparents’ Influences in the Identity Development of ‘Afakasi Young People. Pulu, This Lazy Native’s Quiting the Daytime Job. Going Home to the Village. Yeah, Right. Part II: Therapeutic PracticePiripi, Body, Tihei-wa Mauri Ora: Te Tipuranga. Seiuli, The Meaalofa Therapeutic Approach in Counseling with Pacific Clients. Taumoefolau, Respect, Solidarity, and Resilience in Pacific World-Views: A Counseling Perspective. McRobie, Makasiale, On Values and Spirituality in Trauma Counseling. Bowden, Cultural Counseling: Beyond Method and Modality. Part III: Death & DyingHavea, Death Roots: Musings of a Pacific Island Native. Nikora, Awekotuku, Tangihanga: The Ultimate Form of Māori Cultural Expression—An Overview of a Research Program. Nikora, McRae, Awekotuku, Hodgetts, Manaakitanga: Ethical Research with Māori who are Dying. Part IV: Reflexive PracticeLupe, Pacific Indigenous Well-Being: Wise Body, Singing Heart. Waters, Crocket, Learning with a Pasifika Community. Nabukavou, Taveta, Teaiwa, J., Teaiwa, T., Reflecting Back and Building on Fright or Light: Psychiatric Survivors and Contemporary Issues in Mental Health in Fiji. Makasiale, The Whole Person and the Heart: Supervision the Pacific Way. Strickson-Pua, Epilogue: Comic Belief: A Theology of Comedy…or Why Pacific People Laugh Loudly—A Cross-Cultural Conversation about Pacific Identities, Mental Health, and Well-Being. Glossary of Maori Terms. Glossary of Tongan Terms.

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