Decolonizing Therapy at NATIVation Counseling: Reclaiming Identity, Ceremony, and Healing
Western mental health models often center the individual while overlooking the collective, cultural, and spiritual dimensions that shape our identities. This narrow approach can leave people, especially Indigenous and BIPOC communities, feeling unseen and unsupported. Decolonizing therapy is a growing movement that challenges these limitations. It calls for a return to healing practices that honor […]
EMDR as a Renaming Ceremony: Healing Through the Medicine Wheel
At NATIVation Counseling, we believe therapy should be both clinical and ceremonial. We honor the science of trauma healing while centering the spirit of Indigenous traditions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a widely respected trauma therapy—but in our hands, it becomes more than a technique. It becomes a renaming ceremony: a sacred space […]