"Healing Our Spirits" Aboriginal Mental Health and Addictions Programs
Addictions / Substance Use, Condition Specific Support, Indigenous Services, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Youth Services
Provided by Circle of Indigenous Nations Society - COINS
Offers counselling, recovery circles, and cultural support for Aboriginal individuals from ages 15 and above who are dealing with addiction and mental health issues
Services provided:
- Cultural case management and individual support and counselling
- Recovery circles in 5 communities
- Referrals and support to access other community resources and services, including assistance with applications for treatment.
- Support with connection to the larger Aboriginal community including Aboriginal gatherings, events, and celebrations
- Cultural consultation and support to Mental Health and addiction workers who are working with Aboriginal clients
Program offers:
- Support and services to ages 15 to Elder
- Outreach services that support individuals in their own community
- One-to-one support as well as group support in a cultural setting.
- Support and connections to other local cultural gatherings.
- Support for individuals accessing other community resources and cultural support for case/treatment planning.
Healing Spirits Talking Circle
- Provides recovery circles in the communities of Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, Grand Forks, and Nakusp twice per month
- Provides traditional circles that include storytelling, medicine wheel teachings, and ceremony
- Circle participants can self-refer or be referred by a service provider
250-231-4968
Public email: coinations@gmail.com
Website: https://coinations.net/programs...
1005 2nd Street, Castlegar, British Columbia, V1N 1Y4
Grand Forks
Public email: coinations@gmail.com
250-608-7472 (Trail & Castlegar)
Public email: olivia.coinations@gmail.com
Program Coordinator
250-265-8755 (Nakusp)
Public email: michael.coinations@gmail.com
Program Coordinator
250-777-3683 (Nelson, Salmo, Kaslo)
Public email: juanita.coinations@gmail.com
Program Coordinator
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Circle participants can self-refer or be referred by a service provider
Referral Forms
Brochures and Info
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Circle of Indigenous Nations Society - COINS:
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- Aboriginal Supported Child Development Program(ASCD)
- Aboriginal Community Outreach Program
Availability
Service area: Castlegar, Grand Forks, Nakusp, Nelson, Trail + show cities
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
Condition Specific Support
Indigenous Services
- Access / Intake for Mental Health or Addiction Services - First Nations: Access / Intake for Addiction Services - First Nations and Access / Intake for Mental Health Services - First Nations
- Addiction Counselling: Addiction Counselling - First Nations
- Cultural Connection
- Indigenous Mental Health Services
Mental Health - Adult & Senior
Mental Health - Child & Youth
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
- Provided in a group in-person
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