Areas of Expertise
Trauma-informed Principles
Trauma-informed practice creates spaces that foster healing, safety, and resilience. Strengths are emphasized to build connection and understanding, and meaningful choices are offered to support autonomy. Safety, both physical and emotional, is prioritized, while people are approached with empathy and curiosity. Through dialogue and training, awareness of trauma and its impacts is deepened. These principles together support positive transformation for individuals and relationships.
Culture based wellness practices
Culture-based wellness honours Indigenous knowledge, traditions, and community connections as essential to healing. Guidance from Elders provides grounding and direction, while cultural practices create belonging for those who have been disconnected from family or community. Wellness is supported by weaving together Indigenous and Western frameworks, always asking people what they need and how best to meet those needs. Relationships, collaboration, and safe spaces foster healing and empowerment, allowing individuals and families to reconnect, rebuild, and thrive.
Strengths based approach
A strength-based approach looks through a lens of resilience, focusing on positive contributions, skills, and the good in ourselves and others. Challenges are acknowledged alongside the strengths and characteristics that make it possible to overcome adversity and keep moving forward. Language, responses, and approaches highlight resilience, capability, and possibility. This perspective fosters growth and supports thriving even in the face of difficulty.
Services
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Cultural Training & Communications Workshops
Workshops designed to strengthen teams through cultural awareness, effective communication, and empathy. Sessions include understanding the power of language, addressing lateral violence, fostering resilience, and practicing lateral kindness. Participants learn strategies for grounding, conflict resolution, and building safe, respectful, and collaborative environments.
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Indigenous Relations Workshops
Training grounded in Indigenous history, cultural frameworks, and the impacts of colonization. Workshops explore truth and reconciliation, intergenerational trauma, and the balance between Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. Participants gain tools for culturally safe practice, working alongside Elders, and creating spaces where Indigenous voices are honoured and centred.
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Individual and Group Counselling
A non-judgmental, strengths-based, and culturally safe therapeutic approach. Counselling supports people in navigating challenges while fostering grounding, resilience, and emotional safety.
Areas of focus include:
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Complex trauma and PTSD
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Abuse and relationship challenges
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Self-esteem and identity issues
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Stress, grief, and loss
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Childhood and family issues
Sessions honour cultural practices and personal strengths, helping individuals move toward healing, balance, and growth.