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This article speaks to an Aboriginal academic's experience during COVID-19 teaching cultural content via the Internet and an online platform. It highlights the challenges of teaching deeply spiritual content online in a unit where being able to develop relationships and trust before these units are offered would be beneficial.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Editors note -- The current situation: -- The chapters -- PART 1: Theory -- 1 The importance of Aboriginal history for practitioners -- Introduction -- History -- Recent policy -- Social work and Aboriginal peoples -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Acknowledgement -- Further reading -- References -- 2 Race and the Indigenous social work academic in the Australian academy -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Discussion points -- Further reading -- References -- 3 Colonialism and the atrophy of Indigenous male identities -- Introduction -- Colonialism -- Social work practice -- Cultural socialisation and identity -- Conclusion -- Discussion points -- References -- 4 Australian social work is white -- Introduction -- On being white: whiteness and white fragility -- Whiteness theory and social work -- Understanding race relations in Australia -- Social work and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lived reality -- Moves towards decolonisation -- Moves to decolonise practice -- Moves to decolonise social work education -- Moves to decolonise teaching and learning in social work -- Conclusion -- Discussion points -- Further Reading -- References -- 5 Indigenising social work -- Introduction -- History of Australian social work -- An Australian social work -- Indigenising social work -- A Wiradyuri social work model -- Steps towards Indigenising social work -- Conclusion -- Questions -- Further reading -- References -- PART 2: Practice -- 6 Indigenous social work and a Wiradyuri framework to practice -- Introduction -- History of identification of Aboriginal people in Australia -- Decolonisation -- Sovereignty -- The role of social work -- Indigenising and Wiradyurising social work -- Conclusion -- Questions -- Additional reading.

AbstractColonisation and subsequent policies targeting Aboriginal peoples in Australia have had devastating consequences, including trauma, disadvantage and marginalisation. These effects have passed from generation to generation and continue to manifest in poor health and well-being outcomes, particularly mental health disorders. Innovative and culturally relevant techniques are needed to remedy inequality and address intergenerational trauma. Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP)—an experiential therapy involving horses—is a new and increasingly evidence-based treatment approach, which offers potential for working with Aboriginal peoples. This article reviews the literature on outcomes of EAP to consider its potential as a culturally responsive therapy to treat trauma and increase well-being for Aboriginal people in Australia.