School-Based Clinical & Cultural Wellness Services
Mental Health Services within School Settings
Comprehensive, trauma-informed, and culturally grounded mental health services within school settings—bridging Indigenous knowledge systems with evidence-based practices.
A safe place created to embody the wellness and healing of our Medicine Wheel and Holistic Approaches
School Wellness
Clinical and Cultural Wellness
School-Based Clinical & Cultural Wellness Services
We provide comprehensive, trauma-informed, and culturally grounded mental health services within school settings. Our programming is interconnected with community-building, Elder engagement, and the integration of Two-Eyed Seeing—bridging Indigenous knowledge systems with evidence-based clinical practices.
Our approach supports the whole student: emotional, relational, cultural, and academic and holistic well-being.
Direct Student Counselling
We offer individual counselling for students experiencing:
- Anxiety and depression
- Emotional dysregulation
- Behavioral concerns
- Grief and loss
- Trauma exposure and intergenerational trauma
- Peer conflict and bullying
- School avoidance
- Family transitions
Services are developmentally responsive and coordinated with school teams while maintaining clinical confidentiality standards.
Group Programming & Cultural Wellness Activities
Our group-based programming integrates clinical skill-building with cultural connection and creative expression. These groups promote belonging, identity development, and resilience.
Examples include
- Emotional regulation and coping skills groups
- Social skills development
- Anxiety and resilience groups
- Youth empowerment and leadership circles
- Grief and healing groups
- Staff support circles
- Cultural & Land-Based Programming
Where appropriate and guided by community protocols, we facilitate:
- Beading groups (mindfulness, identity, and intergenerational knowledge sharing)
- Rock painting and creative arts groups
- Land-based healing activities
- Land-based art therapy programming
- Cultural skill-building workshops
- Seasonal and ceremony-aligned wellness activities
These offerings are delivered in collaboration with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and cultural advisors when available. Cultural activities are approached with respect for local traditions and governance.
Two-Eyed Seeing Framework
Our school-based services are grounded in the principle of Two-Eyed Seeing—honouring the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing alongside Western clinical approaches.
This means:
- Integrating cultural teachings with psychological skill-building
- Recognizing identity, language, and land as protective factors
- Bridging traditional healing practices with trauma-informed care
- Supporting both individual wellness and collective community healing
- Community & Elder Collaboration
Our programming is interconnected with broader community wellness initiatives. We:
- Collaborate with Elders and cultural leaders
- Align school programming with community priorities
- Support intergenerational engagement
- Create opportunities for cultural continuity within educational spaces
By strengthening cultural identity and connection within the school environment, we contribute to long-term student resilience and community well-being.
Staff & School Capacity Building
We also provide:
- Staff counselling
- Trauma-informed practice training
- Vicarious trauma and staff wellness workshops
- Cultural safety and humility education
- Classroom consultation and case collaboration
- Support following critical incidents
Our goal is to build sustainable, culturally safe systems within the school.
Child & Family Wellness Services – Nation-Based Programming
We provide culturally grounded, trauma-informed child and family services in partnership with Nations and community leadership. Our approach supports family preservation, reunification, and long-term healing by integrating clinical best practices with traditional knowledge and community-led values.
All services are delivered on-site within the Nation and are guided by cultural safety, community protocols, and collaborative planning.
Meet Our Team
Native Counselling and Indigenous Group Workshops
Our Group Programs and Workshops
Native Counselling and Indigenous Group Workshops
Our Therapeutic Specialties
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused psychotherapy that helps process distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact.
Indigenous Focused Oriented Therapy (IFOT)
Therapeutic approach that combines focusing-oriented therapies with Indigenous knowledge and healing practices to heal trauma in a culturally safe and respectful way.
Somatic Therapy
Holistic approach that focuses on the connection between mind and body to support healing from trauma and stress, using mindful awareness, movement and breath.
Somatic Touch Therapy
A gentle, body-centred approach that uses therapeutic touch to support healing from trauma, stress and emotional pain, releasing tension and restoring balance.
Native Counselling, Indigenous Psychology and Therapy
Ready to Heal?
We offer holistic healing that encompasses mind, body, spirit and emotion – providing space for story, self and growth.