Tsow-tun Le Lum Society

QUL-AUN PROGAM

"Moving Beyond the Traumas of our past"
Survivors of Trauma Treatment Program

An initiative supported by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation

Introduction

This program is designed to address the special needs of people who have suffered, or who are experiencing trauma in their lives, including emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health issues that stem from–

the effects of the residential school experience,
past substance abuse,
violence – domestic or physical,
unresolved grief, and
issues that are often passed from generation to generation unless the cycle is broken.

Admissions and Assessment

Potential participants are Aboriginal adults (19 years+) who are experiencing the traumatic effects of–

residential schools,
substance abuse history (must have six months clean time),
physical, sexual or emotional abuse,
family violence or abandonment,
violent death or suicide of a loved one,
cultural oppression,
generational trauma and spiritual wounding, or other traumas.

Referrals to the program may come from–

substance abuse treatment counsellors,
psychologists and therapists.

Participants are carefully screened to ensure they are ready to benefit from trauma treatment and have no other behaviours or problems that need to be addressed first. They must also have six months of sobriety and make a written commitment to complete the program.

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