Healing Through the Map

The Healing Through the Map Project focuses on the delivery of the Map of Loss workshops to Aboriginal people within their communities, and to Aboriginal Health Workers and other Health Professionals who work within Aboriginal communities.

The Project is delivered in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

One Day Workshops
9th December 2011 (Albany)
22nd March 2012 (South West)
14th June 2012 (South West)

Two Day Workshops
7th & 8th December 2011 (Albany)
2nd & 3rd February 2012 (South West)
23rd & 24th February 2012 (South West)
3rd & 4th May 2012 (South West)
24th & 25th May 2012 (South West)

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The Map of Loss was developed in 1999 by Western Australian psychologist Roslyn Snyder, and is delivered by trained facilitiors through Wisdom In Your Life.

It is a simple, pratical visual tool that develops coping skills, builds resilience, helps increase self-awareness and promotes self-care in those who apply it.

It has been the subject of four independent evaluations and a doctoral thesis, and has been used for over a decade.

The Map of Loss workshops focus on the total person - on body, mind, spirit and culture, which is why the Map is assumed to be particularly effective in Aboriginal communities.

Visit Wisdom in Your Life  for more information.

Funded through the Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing via the National Suicide Prevention Program.

Project Objectives

• Facilitate intersectorial collaboration to develop and promote strategies for building capacity and community resilience to reduce suicide risk in Aboriginal communities.
  
• Provide individuals with tools for self-coping and resilience with a focus on Aboriginal communities and families.
  
• Provide professional development and capacity building opportunities for health professionals to engage with Aboriginal communities and families on mental health issues.
• Develop health professional's capacity for self care and wellbeing with a priority on Aboriginal health workers.
  

   

Summary of Key Achievements in 2009/2010

• Establishing a network of Elders who want to see the Map Project expand in the Great Southern, South West and Metropolitan Area
• Establishing a partnership hub in the Kimberley.  Our partnership organisations include; Men’s Outreach Services, Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation and the Red Cross.
• Being invited to join the Cultural Corridors Program.  Cultural Corridors is a prison diversion program for Indigenous boys on court orders.
• Establishing a connection with the Aboriginal Justice Accord.  All Representatives of the Accord have voiced that they would like ‘the Map’ brought to their regions.
• A total of ten workshops were held in the locations of Albany, Kendenup, Roelands, Mandurah, Busselton, Collie, Geraldton and Broome.  Overall 93 people participated in these workshops.
• Extensive support has been gained from Aboriginal communities/elders for the expansion of this initiative across WA.
• Making a difference in participant’s lives.