Mending Broken Hearts

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY HEALING

We provide culturally relevant facilitator training for professional and grass roots activists who work directly with individuals, families and communities. Wellbriety Training Institute, Facilitator’s Training, will provide you with the resources to implement the curriculum in your own community using the video based curriculum and companion workbook.

The more classes or groups you facilitate in your community, the more healing you can bring to the people.

Professional Development, Personal Healing and , 24 Hours of NAADAC-approved Continuing Education awarded upon completion of facilitator training.

HEALING FROM INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA

The Mending Broken Hearts programs provide culturally-based healing from grief, loss, and Intergenerational Trauma, especially for native peoples from the United States and Canada.

Unresolved grief is demonstrated in the many social issues that Native people experience, as represented in the “sick” forest illustration. Traditional healthy cultures have been made “sick” by the anger, guilt, shame and fear, passed on from generation to generation. This creates a “culture” that is shame-based. This sense of shame and unresolved grief contributes to the behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual issues that challenge wellness.

There are three steps in healing from Intergenerational Trauma:

Healing from intergenerational trauma graph

Step 1: Train the professional (behavioral, mental health, substance abuse, re-entry) staff on the techniques of using the Mending Broken Hearts curriculum to heal unresolved grief in the community. This builds the infrastructure and support for the community as it enters the healing process.

Step 2: Create healing circles in the community to process the unresolved grief. Circles can be set up for specific groups in the community; i.e. Elders/Boarding School Survivors, Men, Women, and/or Youth.

Step 3: Create a healing forest and bring trainings to the community. This step builds support groups for the People and brings the community back to the sacred circle.

Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS 

Develop the capacity of individuals and communities to heal from unresolved grief and the losses created by the legacy of historical and intergenerational trauma.

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Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Train facilitators to implement this curriculum in their community. Develops the behavioral health infrastructure for the community as it begins healing from unresolved grief and the losses created by the legacy of Historical and Intergenerational Trauma, especially the effects of the Boarding School era. This training is intended for mental health, behavioral health, substance abuse, re-entry, and other professionals.

Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS FOR COMMUNITIES

Train facilitators to implement this curriculum in their community. Develops grief healing coaches in the community to heal from unresolved grief and the losses created by the legacy of Historical and Intergenerational Trauma, especially the effects of the Boarding School era.

Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS FOR WOMEN

Train facilitators to implement this curriculum in their community. Provides culturally-based healing from grief, loss, and Intergenerational Trauma, especially for Native women from the United States and Canada. As native women, we have the highest rates of all traumas.

Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS FOR MEN

Train facilitators to implement this curriculum in their community. Provides culturally-based healing from grief, loss, and Intergenerational Trauma, especially for Native women from the United States and Canada. We recognize men are victims of trauma, but may not seek treatment due to shame, fear, and stigma.

Mending Broken Hearts

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS FOR YOUTH

The purpose of the Mending Broken Hearts for Youth program is to train facilitators who work with youth in a culturally-based way of healing from unresolved grief, loss, incomplete relationships and Intergenerational Trauma. Develops the capacity in our Youth to build healthy communities by helping them heal from unresolved grief created by Historical and Intergenerational Trauma – direct effects of the Boarding School Era.

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