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When mental health professionals dismiss indigenous spiritual connection

My therapist says my connection to the land is just romantic idealization, but when I'm in the forest I feel my ancestors and it's the only time I don't want to die.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Western therapeutic approaches can pathologize indigenous spiritual experiences that are actually sources of healing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — North America?”

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