Citation:‘Ofa Makasiale, C., Patterson, S., Silipa, N., Tupou, F., Nelson, M. A. & Culbertson, P. (2008). Voicing the unspoken: Breaking through the barriers of mainstream institutionalized deafness to Pacific therapeutic practices. In Levy, M., Nikora, L.W., Masters-Awatere, B., Rua, M. & Waitoki, W. (Eds). Claiming Spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Maori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium 23rd-24th November 2007 (pp. 29-35). Hamilton, New Zealand: Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato.
Publisher:Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato
This paper explores the development of two significant crosscultural research projects in Pasifika psychology. Both projects were designed to speak into the “silent space” of unexplored Pasifika practices and needs in the field of mental health.