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Traditional Healing Program
Services Offered
Healing Journey Certificate Program:13
week program assisting clients who are on a healing path.
Clients are guided through a process of awareness of culture
and self.
After completion, individuals receive a certificate of progress.
Grief Recovery Program: February
11 to April 29, 2002 is a 12 week program to assist individuals
to learn healthy skills that lead to successful completion
of loss, relationship recover and to dispel myths about grief
such as time heals all wounds, it was just God's will, replace
the loss.
The program uses a format designed and written by directors
of the Grief Recover Institute and creates an environment
in which to practice new actions that will lead to successful
recovery from loss.
Sweat Lodge Ceremonies: Offered
four times per year for those clients of the traditional Healing
Program who wish to participate. Sweat Lodge teachings are
offered before the ceremonies, referrals to other traditional
ceremonies are made as the need for them comes around.
Traditional Teachings: Monthly
workshops on Traditional Teachings and Spiritually are offered
in series by Traditional Healers or knowledge keepers. Workshops
are open to all interested people.
Hep "C" Support Circle: Providing
a support system where aboriginal people affected by this
illness can share and receive supportive information through
traditional teachings and sharing circles, ever Wednesday
evening in Brantford.
Cultural Sensitivity Training: Provision
of cultural training to health professionals within the existing
health care institutions such as hospitals and other health
centres.
Hospital Visits: Resident Elder
provides and promotes spiritual care to patient sin need of
cultural assurance who are in hospital. Assistance is provided
at the request of the family.
Parental Cultural Training: Instill
knowledge and provide teachings to parents for cultural growth.
Institutional Penal Visitation: Elder
provides one-on-one counseling to inmates of penal institutions
to assist them in returning to society.
Traditional Healers: One-on-one
sessions with visiting traditional elders.Special Projects
and Requests: Elders and Coordinator provide presentations
on traditional healing concepts at request of outside agencies
and hospitals. Topics cover the areas of concern in aboriginal
health such as diabetes, heart disease, fetal alcohol syndrome.
For more information please call (905)
544-4320 and ask for the Traditional Healing Program
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