Title Jilya : How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology

Published Chicago : University of Queensland Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Praise for Jilya -- Author Biography -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Mum and Dad -- Chapter 2: Education -- Chapter 3: Changing Psychology in Australia -- Chapter 4: Black Identity -- Chapter 5: Grief and Loss -- Chapter 6: Love, Fear and Attachment -- Chapter 7: Trauma, Racism and Violence -- Chapter 8: The Communities and Suicide Prevention -- Chapter 9: Indigenous Psychological Services -- Chapter 10: The Future -- Chapter 11: Explaining the 'Why' -- Acknowledgements -- Notes Summary From humble beginnings in the remote Pilbara, psychologist and Nyamal woman Tracy Westerman has redefined what's possible at every turn. Despite neither of her parents progressing past primary school, and never having met a psychologist before attending university, Tracy was the first Aboriginal person in Australia to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology, rising to become one of the country's foremost psychologists. Against significant odds, she commenced her own private business to challenge the way the mental health profession responds to cultural difference, and recently established a charitable foundation and scholarship program to mentor Indigenous people from our highest-risk communities to become psychologists. Tracy draws on client stories of trauma, heartbreak, hope and connection from her years of practice, offering a no-holds-barred reflection on how the monocultural, one-size-fits-all approach to psychology is failing Aboriginal people and how she's healing those wounds. Jilya is a story of drive and determination, of what it takes to create change when the odds are stacked against you. Above all, it is a story of one woman's love for her people Subject Westerman, Tracy Indigenous Psychological Services Clinical psychologists -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography Women psychologists -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health services -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) -- Anecdotes Psychotherapist and patient -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) -- Anecdotes Women. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780702270048 0702270040 9780702270055 0702270059

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