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📚👩🎨🎨🖌🖼➡August is "National Wellness Month"! This book expands arts therapy practice to additional dimensions, enriching and improving professionals’ work by presenting new knowledge in fields such as “performance-based therapy,” “nature therapy,” and mind-body connections. https://lnkd.in/eDNgmvP

Are you going to TASA this year? Got questions about how to navigate ARC funding? I'm chairing a panel and would love to hear your questions so we can make the conversation as useful as possible! Post your questions here: https://lnkd.in/g-uQUvpD

Taking care of our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being is essential. Today, we're focusing on Indigenous wellness practices that help us stay grounded and connected. 🌿 This week, we reflect on the Coast Salish teaching of Eyhh slaxin—‘Good medicine.’ This concept includes everything around us: the land, water, and all living beings. By choosing to be ‘good medicine’ daily, we make a positive impact on our surroundings. These teachings, gifted to PHSA by Coast Salish Knowledge Keeper Shane Pointe (Sulksun), are considered Coast Salish law and offer valuable guidance on how we can show up in our best way in relation to one another. They ground us and help us navigate our interactions with respect and intention. Learn more about these teachings and the foundational principles guiding our work together here: https://lnkd.in/gaGHTxcp How do you prioritize your wellness and contribute to being Eyhh slaxin?

IDEAS at DOM (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Allyship & Social Justice) is pleased to introduce the HEaR Initiative to the Department of Medicine. The HEaR Initiative (Healing Equity and Reflection) aims to provide a safe space for individuals to process micro-aggressions and community trauma, to reflect on personal biases, to explore allyship, and to engage in wellness and resilience activities. The HEaR Room is a physical representation of the DOM’s commitment to a culture that supports all members in practices to heal from trauma, unlearn implicit bias, eradicate micro-aggressions, and lessen stress-induced burnout. Learn more > https://lnkd.in/gcV-6dSE

New book coming in 2025: Leininger’s Transcultural Health Care: Concepts, Theories, Research, and Practice By Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah and Marilyn R. McFarland!  - The most comprehensive presentation of transcultural health care in a global setting!  - Applicable to all health care disciplines with a multidisciplinary approach  - Includes instructor test bank questions and Power Points

At the core of Caroline’s practice is the importance of establishing strong connections and fostering an environment of empathy, compassion, and acceptance. She recognizes that these factors are crucial in supporting both growth and development. In her therapeutic work, she prioritizes building a collaborative approach and developing strong relationships with clients of all ages. Learn more about Caroline at https://lnkd.in/g6bqJSu4

⚡ Professor Michael Anderson, Associate Professor Claire Hooker and Professor Brendan McCormack are kick-starting a Lab node on harnessing arts and cultural practices to transform health and care ⚡ "Arts and cultural practice strongly benefit health and wellbeing with the World Health Organisation now leading collaborations to address health inequity and social determinants of health through the arts. "In Australia, however, there is limited policy development integrating arts and culture with health and wellbeing, either at local and practice levels or state and federally. This node brings together researchers, policymakers and artist practitioners to move beyond current barriers and provide innovations in arts and health policy." Find out more and get involved: https://lnkd.in/g5MEChGz

Check out Cultivating Healing Ground: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Equitable Evaluation by LEEAD Alum Tasha Parker, Ph.D., LSCSW, MPA Parker. Part of the American Evaluation Association's LEEAD Scholar Week, this blog explores how trauma-informed practices can foster equity and healing in evaluation. Read more: https://lnkd.in/evHpTnKz

Cultural sensitivity is crucial in today’s diverse society. Being culturally sensitive means that therapists respect and understand the cultural background, beliefs, and values of their clients. This awareness helps create a more inclusive and effective therapeutic environment, where clients feel understood and validated. Culturally sensitive therapy respects clients’ backgrounds and enhances the therapeutic process. Ready to embark on a path of self-discovery and healing? Get Started: https://lnkd.in/dVFW9FmS

It was our privilege to see Tiglin's longitudinal service user evaluation, Life RESTORED, launched by the Taoiseach. As An Taoiseach Simon Harris said, “This is a truly transformational programme. This project is about making sure everyone gets a chance to reach their full potential in life, and it is clear it is working.” Compiled over five years, Life RESTORED uses the voices of Tiglin’s students to measure the effectiveness of recovery modules, showcasing the power of evidence-based, student-led transformation. Aubrey McCarthy | Phil Thompson (co-founder Tiglin) | Gary O'Heaire | Houses of the Oireachtas | RTE | CORU - Regulating Health + Social Care Professionals | Department of Justice | Jay Bobinac, MA | Allen Bobinac MA H.Dip