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How to balance traditional healing with mental health crises

I was trained in our traditional counseling ways but I'm not licensed and a community member is having suicidal thoughts and I don't know if I should refer them out.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traditional healing knowledge conflicts with professional liability and safety protocols when addressing severe mental health emergencies.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous restorative traditions?”

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