Integrating Cree worldview with western psychology: Q&A with a psychotherapist

Behavioural scientist Louis Busch weaves Indigenous teachings from Knowledge Keepers across Turtle Island with western psychological practice. Busch, a Bear Clan member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, offers a framework for moving through pain rather than around it. In this Q&A, the psychotherapist talks about his book, Carry Your Heart: Indigenous Helping Wisdom and the Science of Psychological Flexibility, that integrates these two ways of knowing. The Conversation Canada: What does it mean…