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Trauma-Informed Therapy
Individual therapy sessions offered in-person at the Wellness Room or virtually via ShockTalk, an Indigenous led, culturally tailored telebehavioral health platform.
Our Indigenous clinicians specialize in:
- Indigenized Practice — centering Indigenous worldviews and relational healing
- Trauma & PTSD Treatment — navigating complex and historical trauma
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — re-patterning thought and behavior through strengths-based approaches
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) — cultivating mindfulness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance
Expressive & Art Therapy — using creativity, movement, and traditional craft-making as tools for emotional processing and cultural reconnection
Intergenerational Healing
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Traditional Talking Circles
Facilitated family therapy sessions that support healing across generations, guided by Indigenous kinship teachings and cultural protocols. These circles help relatives restore trust, rebuild connection, and strengthen family systems through shared values and collective reflection.
Traditional Talking Circles
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Traditional Talking Circles
Monthly survivor and queer youth-led talking circles using Indigenous facilitation, storytelling, song sharing, traditional craft-making, and art therapy. Circles are facilitated by individuals with lived experience and cultural knowledge, offering spaces for reflection, connection, and collective care.
Traditional Practices & Ceremony
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Access to sweat lodge and other ceremonial offerings led by trusted Indigenous cultural practitioners.These gatherings are sacred spaces for reflection, prayer, and reconnection to Spirit, where community members can release what no longer serves, receive guidance, and restore balance. Each ceremony is rooted in ancestral teachings of har
Access to sweat lodge and other ceremonial offerings led by trusted Indigenous cultural practitioners.These gatherings are sacred spaces for reflection, prayer, and reconnection to Spirit, where community members can release what no longer serves, receive guidance, and restore balance. Each ceremony is rooted in ancestral teachings of harmony, protection, and renewal, strengthening the bond between self, community, and the natural world.
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Crisis Navigation & Culturally Safe Referrals
Our team provides personalized safety planning and warm referrals to trauma-informed, culturally safe services. We partner with trusted Indigenous and allied organizations to ensure that every relative accessing care is met with dignity, respect, and understanding. Support includes navigation for housing, legal aid, healthcare, and immigr
Our team provides personalized safety planning and warm referrals to trauma-informed, culturally safe services. We partner with trusted Indigenous and allied organizations to ensure that every relative accessing care is met with dignity, respect, and understanding. Support includes navigation for housing, legal aid, healthcare, and immigration services, with dedicated pathways for survivors and LGBTQ2S+ relatives seeking affirming and responsive care.
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UIC Indigenous Community Wellness Services Survey
Take the UIC Indigenous Community Wellness Services Survey and tell us what you want to see in our future direct-care, traditional, and spiritual wellness programming!