The Indigenous Mental Health Lessons for Healing were developed by Indigenous Professionals who have worked numerous years in Mental Health at First Nations Communities and Indigenous Urban Agencies across Canada.

The Wellness Team at Avatar Indigenous Wellness Consulting all know, too well, the impacts of Colonization, Systemic Racism and Indian Residential Schools.

We are First Nations & Metis. Our parents and other family members are Survivors of Residential School.

Our Wellness Team Members grew up with alcoholism in our families, and we personally endured abuses ourselves such as neglect, sexual, emotional and physical abuse. We’ve had family members that had their children apprehended by the Child Welfare System. We experienced the impacts of Intergeneralization Trauma by experiencing our own addiction issues and were in domestic violent relationships in our younger days.

With the grace of the Creator, loving families & our communities we were supported on our own healing journeys. We went back to school and received our Degrees in Psychology & Addictions. We reconnected with our Culture. We have children and grandchildren ourselves that we are so proud of. We are very grateful that we have been welcomed by so many First Nation Communities and Indigenous Agencies across Canada to assist them with their Mental Health & Addiction issues in their communities.

When we created the Indigenous Mental Health Lessons for Healing, with the guidance of the Spirits from the Grandmothers & Grandfathers, we were very mindful of what is needed for healing. We developed lessons that provide education, awareness & insights on the impacts of Colonization & Historical Trauma. The lessons offer profound & practical ways to address the physical, emotional, spiritual aspects of healing that are all grounded in Culture and Indigenous Ways of Knowing.