Mental Wellness Counselling Services
Clients can self-refer or be referred to any of our programs by contacting Minwaashin’s Intake and Crisis Counsellor at crisis@minlodge.com or 613-741-5590 ext. Services are available in person, in community and virtually.
We provide a range of individual and group counselling programs to support healing, recovery and resilience. Our approach to counselling is grounded in an understanding that traumatic experiences, resulting from direct or intergenerational impacts of the Indian Residential School System, 60s Scoop and other historic and ongoing colonial policies, are often at the root of mental health challenges, including substance use. Further, we understand contemporary challenges relating to violence, including intimate partner violence and family violence, in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities as being deeply connected to such policies. Counselling aims to support healing from such impacts by supporting clients to understand their experiences in the context of such events and supporting client to reclaim traditional practices to support wellness, including reconnection to culture and community.
Minwaashin’s counselling team is comprised of a diverse team of registered psychotherapists, registered social workers, registered art therapists and recognized traditional healers.
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Counselling approaches include:
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Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
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Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy
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Art Therapy
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Land Based Healing Practices
Across all programs, counselling is grounded in traditional beliefs, values and practices ensuring a holistic approach supports each individual’s healing journey.
Children's Therapy
Play Therapy (ages 4-12)
Short and long term directive and non-directive play based therapy to process and address the impacts of witnessing and/or experiencing violence and abuse
Youth Counselling (12-29)
Short and long term counselling to support youth experiencing challenges to mental wellness.
Traditional Land Based Therapy
Include practices such as:
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Family Sweats
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Traditional Counselling
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Naming Ceremonies
Art Therapy (ages 5-18)
Long term creative arts therapy to support children and youth experiencing challenges to mental wellness.
Family Counselling
Family therapy is available in-person or virtual.
Women's Counselling
Crisis/Short Term Counselling
Short term counselling to support stabilization and systems navigation in relation to challenges including homelessness, victimization, job loss, mental health crisis, child welfare involvement, relationship challenges, etc.
Mental Wellness and Substance Use
Long term counselling available along the spectrum of substance use from harm reduction to abstinence. Systems navigation to attend day and residential treatment programs.
Trauma Counselling
Long term psychotherapy to address complex mental health needs to support trauma processing, emotional regulation.
Strong Women's Group
Biweekly support group for women supporting mental wellness through integration of dialectical behaviour therapy and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.