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Restoring Relational Balance: Family Therapy Through the CAT‐FAWN Indigenous Lens

ABSTRACT

This article introduces the mnemonic, CAT-FAWN. CAT stands for Concentration-Activated Transformation as a tool for family therapy that emphasises trance-based learning and self-hypnosis mastery. FAWN refers to contrasting understandings of pre-colonial and dominant worldview precepts that relate to Fear, Authority, Words and Nature. It offers a guide for therapists and families to recognise the power of natural hypnosis and a non-dualistic view of contrasting worldview precepts between our nature-based, spiritual understanding of the world and our anthropocentric-materialistic understanding of the world for positive transformation.

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Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 04/22/2026 | Link to this post on IFP |
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