WHAT WE MEAN BY

“CULTURALLY AWARE COUNSELLING”

• TWO-EYED SEEING

  COMBINING WESTERNIZED THERAPY PRACTICES WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF HEALING, COMING FROM A MEDICINE WHEEL APPROACH THAT LOOKS AT THE CLIENT AS A WHOLE

• TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH

  COMING FROM A APPROACH OF KNOWING THAT TRAUMA IS INHERENTLY WOVEN INTO OUR VEINS, BUT SO IS STRENGTH. WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT MOST PEOPLE COME WITH TRAUMA, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

• PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

  WE GIVE CLIENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SMUDGE, BEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES DURING AND OUTSIDE OF SESSION.

• CONNECTION TO LAND

  WE ENCOURAGE CONNECTION TO THE LAND. WANT TO DO OUR SESSION OUTSIDE? SURE! LET’S GO FOR A NATURE WALK. WANT TO LEAN INTO MEDICINES? OF COURSE! DO SOME GROUNDING? LET’S DO IT.

• SAFE SPACE

  NEPISULTI’KW COUNSELLING FOCUSES ON CREATING A SAFE AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SPACE, FOCUSING ON GENUINE CONNECTION AND UNDERSTANDING IT’S IMPORTANCE

• EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING

  WE FOCUS ON RELATING TO YOU BY ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST POWER DYNAMICS, AND DRAWING FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS WORLD.

• COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

  A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH ALLOWS YOU TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR SESSIONS AND WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH YOUR THERAPIST TO CREATE GOALS AND TREATMENT PLANS. THESE ARE YOUR SESSIONS, AND WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED MATTERS. OUR SESSIONS ARE CENTRED AROUND MUTUAL RESPECT AND INCLUSION.