Unspoken Words: Walking the Red Road—A Pathway to Suicide Prevention

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This new, 3-hour virtual workshop features the stars of the “We Are Unspoken Words” podcast.

The first two hours, JC Beaumont, Randy Beardontwalk, and Josiah Hugs share their journeys down into the abyss of addiction, what led to their rock bottom, and how they rose from this abyss and are now Walking the Red Road, teaching others how using Wellbriety Teachings.

The last hour: Kathleen Little Leaf, MSW and 20+ years as an addiction counselor and clinical consultant, working with Native Americans. Kathleen will provide clinical analysis of all three journeys:

  • Attachment Theory
  • Trauma-informed
  • Historical Trauma
  • Effects of trauma based on Erik Erikson’s 8-stages of tribal development.
  • Psychology: Stages of Mindset change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, determination, action, willpower, maintenance)
  • Public Health: Points of failure in the system (treatment centers)
  • Detox centers (Issues)
  • Treatment centers (in-patient v out-patient) (Pros/Cons)
  • Post-Treatment
  • Rehabilitation
  • Post-Treatment maintenance
  • Medicated Assisted Treatment (pros/cons)
  • SOLUTIONS: Holistic Programming, Case Management

Wellbriety teaches that in addition to achieving sobriety from addictions to alcohol and other drugs, one must reach beyond “clean and sober” and seek a life of healing and balance – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.” [1]

This training is designed to offer mental health providers, addiction counselors, and peer support unique insight into into what Native men are facing, what counseling services work and don’t work, as well as provide holistic addiction resources for Native Americans and non-Natives.

Non-Native recovery approaches often look at addiction as an individual disease, ignoring the social, political, or economic roots of addiction. The indigenous experience adds a dimension of acknowledging sociopolitical causes without removing an individual’s need to do the hard work it takes to heal. This is new, culturally specific thinking that can also add to the field of mainstream recovery knowledge.” 
Don Coyhis and Richard Simonelli [2]

Pathways of Recovery: Wellbriety. Friends of Recovery – New York (March 15, 2017).

  1. https://whitebison.org/

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