THANAMUN PASINU WOEHAYG

1. THANAMUN PASINU WOEHAYG PE KERIBA B'WAI PSYCOLOGICAL RESILIENCE and THE INDIGENOUS HEALTH WORKER Marsat J. Ketchell

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT • I acknowledge the Kaipa Kulai Maril and the Tribes and Clans of the people from whose lands and seaways I am practicing. • I also acknowledge the peoples of Zenadth Kes for whom I am portioned responsibility and obligation in Social Emotional and Spiritual Health, Wellbeing, and Healing. • I accept the life I have been blessed with by my Babal, Amal, and B’wai in the Torres Strait and Northern Cape York Peninsula. Marsat Ketchell: WAKAID – ZAGAREB – WUTHATHI KODAL & SERARR

3. THANAMUN PASINU WOEHAYG PE KERIBA B'WAI Family Support Program Community Social Emotional and Spiritual Health Service EARTH WIND and FIRE "Our Journey Begins Today" Marsat J. Ketchell

4. MASINGARA SIGABADURU BUZI MABUDUAN PNG South Western Provence SAIBAI BOIGU DAUAN ERUB 1862 sq Nautical Miles Torres Strait MER 27 Communities UGAR 3 Nations MABUIAG MASIG 1 People ST PAULS BADU IAMA KUBIN PORUMA Great Barrier Reef WARRABER KIRRIRI WAIBENE NARUPAI MURALAG SEISIA NEWMAPOON BAMAGA Northern Peninsula Area UMAGICO INJINOO MJK

5. HUMAN BEHAVIOUR • According to moral values, human behaviour maydepend upon the common, usual, unusual, acceptable or unacceptable behaviour of others…or environmentally sponsored and/or influenced. • Human Behaviour can be common, unusual, acceptable, or unacceptable. • Humans evaluate to control the acceptability of behaviour using “social norms” and regulate behaviour by means of social control. • In sociology, behaviour is considered as having no meaning, being not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human action.

6. BEHAVIOUR CHANGE • Behaviour Change can refer to any transformation or modification of human behaviour. • Behaviour change in Public Health is a broad range of activities and approaches which focus on the individual, community, and environmental influences for our behaviour.

7. The Indigenous Health Worker… Remote and Isolated Communities • Born and bred local to a region, • Raised to be Culturally and Traditionally learned and easily orientated to another Tribal land, • Life Skilled…including age, in all positives and negatives of daily living, • Multi-skilled in the Community Workforce arena, • Multi-Lingual… • Experts in Intra-Community/State communications, • Have common denominators in Health of Community and a Passion for Culture and Tradition. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are the oldest ongoing workforce in Australia. Most in the workforce are co-morbid with chronic diseases but continue to choose work over retirement. This makes them “special people” in their society and virtually unknown to the outside world.

8. WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL Unknown to them, they are Specialists to be able to tailor and perfect the Art of Persuasion and Convincing with... Knowledge– Communications and Environment Rapport – Established or Not Trust– Earned…even if Counter-Transference is required Prepared – Topics, Data, and Resources Defending– Divide and Conquer parochialisms And their Personality Styles…

9. PERSONALITY STYLES Serious Personality Style Great Capacity to Cope with Great Adversity Solitary Personality Style Comfort with Solitude…Self Contained…Stoical. Endure beyond human norms in being non-biased in family members being clients. That is emotional suffering at the highest level. Sensitive Personality Style Comfort with a small Circle of Friends…with Little Need for Company Conscientious Personality style A capacity for hard work and perseverance Vigilant Personality Style Autonomy, capacity to make decisions

10. “WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CRACKS APPEAR IN THE MASK?”

11. EARTH WIND and FIRE • EARTH Identity. Explore roles, responsibilities, and obligations • WIND Change. Discuss Identity changes in accordance to/with EARTH • FIRE Balance. Discuss the concept of FIRE to counter EARTH and WIND