Indigenous Healing
Ordained Minister, EFT & TFT Master Practitioner - Energy Psychologist, Spirit Release Therapist, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Hypnotherapist.
Psychospiritual Therapy Ministry
Inuit, Métis & First Nations Clinic
Afflicted@Psychosomatix.com
Indigenous Healing
Heal the past, heal yourself
Effective Energy-Psychology
Mental health is a state of psychological comfort. Distinguished by continuous personal development, sense of purpose, ability to focus, self-acceptance & maintaining positive relations with family and friends. Mental health is expressed and gauged by how we feel, think and respond to the stressors and challenges of daily life.
Indigenous Mental Health
Even with the increased discussion and awareness of the importance of mental wellness across Canada, and the knowledge of where certain gaps exist, there remains an enormous issue that continues to plague certain communities in this country.
Reports of disturbingly high numbers of First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth suicides have now surfaced. Though Native Healers and Government intervention have managed to stem the losses, the underlying issues remain unaddressed. This leaves a substantial number of Canada’s Indigenous population drastically underserved. As these vulnerable youths’ transition into young adults, they may require additional mental health support.
Facing racism, ignorance, stereotypes, and the historical suffering of government abuse, Canada’s Indigenous population encounters significant challenges in finding adequate mental health care services.
Those living in Indigenous communities are twice as likely to suffer from a debilitating mental illness compared with those from outside the community.
A study found that 16% of First Nation adults residing within Native Territories experience major depression, compared with 8% of the Canadian population. First Nations youth and young adults are up to nine times more likely to develop a mental health issue than their non-Indigenous counterparts (Library of Parliament).
Depression is much more than feeling sad or lost. It is a biological mood disorder that can be triggered by negative events, sickness as well as other psychological stressors and abrupt environmental or life changes.
Some are likely to become depressed because of a family history of the disorder, or Ancestral Trauma. Even though each Aboriginal group have their own traditions and practices, most generally share a belief that you can’t treat an individual separately from their community.
Members of the community should offer kindness and support.
If a person is threatening to hurt themself, take it seriously.
Help the person get help and never agree to keep secrets.
Promote personal wellness through community-based activities.
The saying “It takes a village” is a proverb meaning that an entire community must interact positively with those struggling to allow them to grow in a safe and healthy environment.
Indigenous Healing
In British Columbia alone an Aboriginal Survivors Study revealed that just 2 of the 127 residential school survivors to be surveyed were free of mental illness. Concluding that 30.4% of survivors experienced a major depressive episode, 26.1% have Chronic Depression and 64.2% suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
These disorders greatly increase the risk of contemplating and attempting suicide. A report by Statistics Canada claims suicide rates among First Nations youth to be 5 to 7 times that of non-Indigenous youth. The numbers are even more distressing for our Inuit youth whose rates are up to eleven times greater.
First Nations men perish from suicide at 2.4 times the national average while First Nations women are 5 times more likely to take their own life.
These deaths bring loss, grief and suffering to family, friends, peers and the community at large, especially when the victim is a youth or adolescent.
The impact of these suicides is widespread and severe in small Indigenous communities where many people are related and share similar personal and collective hardships.
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse and addiction are major concerns among Indigenous communities.
Studies show that nearly 1 in 5 young Indigenous adults, aged 18-25 years, have a substance abuse disorder. The survey also reveals that roughly 4 in 10 Indigenous adolescents, aged 12-17 years, commonly have a lifetime prevalence of illicit drug and alcohol use.
Other studies indicate Indigenous adolescents possess the highest rates of lifetime tobacco use, cannabis use, non-medical abuse of pain relievers, and non-medicinal use of prescription pharmaceuticals.
Strengthen your ability to help yourself
Ancestral healing
Healing Ancestral Trauma is crucial to proper health and well-being. Within generational bloodlines everyone holds onto physical and energetic fragments which have been inherited from ancestors. We are all born with certain strengths, weaknesses, abilities, fears, tendencies, as well as other issues that have been passed down from generations and is now embedded within our DNA.
Mind, body & spirit can be affected by past abuse and trauma. The traumatic events that family members experienced all those years ago can cause emotional and physical distress today.
The good news is that there’s now the ability to heal the wounds that our ancestors have endured. This trauma does not have to be passed on to future generations.
The ancestors want you to be healed from the residual pain and emotional wounds which have burdened them. Once you take the necessary action to help yourself, they can then release their trauma and suffering as well.
This heals past, present and future generations. You will be free from these generational issues and curses at the core level—your DNA.
Every family holds onto pain, sadness, guilt, shame, and beliefs that are not representative of the person you are today.
Releasing these negative intergenerational patterns and beliefs will allow you to embrace and understand the person you are meant to be, while deepening and strengthening your connection to those who came before you.
Ancestral Healing allows you to embrace the present by healing the past
Trauma Recovery
During the recovery process, we will discuss your family lineage, along with what issues you are experiencing that you would like to change.
The optimal way to receive the greatest benefit from this method is to open your heart and mind and allow your ancestors to heal and release what afflicts them.
Experience the benefits of healing the past and present to improve the future.
A ministry devoted to identifying and removing the Psychological & Spiritual interferences that have negatively impacted your Family for generations
Indigenous Pride
For Indigenous Peoples culture is the essence of who they are, to whom they belong, where they are from, and how they relate to each another.
Culture is found in the accumulated knowledge and teachings of ancestors. It is the foundation of customs and traditions, values, spirituality, ceremonies, and connecting to the life sustaining resources of the land.
Culture is deeply woven into all facets of life, and thus is quintessential to the general prosperity and welfare of Indigenous communities and Peoples.
Embracing and living within one’s culture by participating in the rituals associated with ceremonies and traditions is at the heart of Indigenous identity, health, and happiness.
By the same token, it then gives reason that by losing one’s culture, or becoming disconnected from it, can lead to a meltdown of overall wellbeing.
Overcome trauma & live the life you deserve.
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