Ilisaqsivik Family Resource Centre Mental Health and Counselling
General Information
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Service Type
Mental Health Counselling and Support Groups
Program
Service offers:
individual and family counselling, incorporating traditional Inuit knowledge and counselling practices into the services
Includes:
supporting individuals and families in situations of crisis and stress
land-based counselling and healing workshops
integration of storytelling, spending time on the land, and talking with and supporting each other while engaging in activities that include cooking, sewing, and hunting
Topics that have been discussed in counselling include:
adoption
alcohol and drug use disorders and addictions
domestic violence
the dog slaughter
issues that arise from living in multi-generational households
residential schools
the sanitorium experience
suicide
teenage pregnancy