Bigidendan “Release if from your Mind” using Indigenous Adapted CBT Mindfulness meditations and imagery techniques

image of presenter, Charity Fleming, with title of webinar, Bigidendan “Release if from your Mind” using Indigenous Adapted CBT Mindfulness meditations and imagery techniques

Topic(s):

Anti-Oppressive Practice

Counselling

Decolonized social work research

Indigenous People and Communities

National Social Work Month

Webinar event date:

Mar 18, 2025 12:00 pm EDT

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Webinar Presenters:

Charity / Anangkwe Fleming, MSW, Doc Counselling & Psychotherapy Candidate

Anangkwe (Star Woman) Charity Fleming is Anishinaabe from Treaty 3, a member of Wabauskang First Nation, Name Dodem (Sturgeon Clan). Charity’s career has included working in many First Nations communities across Ontario and Canada, providing indigenous adapted culturally safe mental health consultation, teaching, and training at the tribal, municipal, provincial and national levels. Charity is known as a leader in indigenous adapted structured psychotherapy, grounded in Etuaptmumk (two eyed seeing). Along with providing indigenous health advocacy, consultation and training, Charity co-owns a series of CBT private practice clinics in Southern Ontario and is proud wife and mom to four children and four pets. Charity’s other psychotherapy specialties are working with Children & Youth and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Trauma.

Description

It is well known that there are large disparities in health and mental health outcomes for Indigenous peoples across Canada. Closing the gaps of these health outcomes is the subject of advocacy for First Nations, Inuit and Metis people across Turtle Island and comprises several sections of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action (2015).

Despite the pressing need for effective care, research on empirically supported treatments for Indigenous peoples remains limited (Gone et al., 2019; Beckstead et al., 2015; Braveheart et al., 2020). One proposed solution is the Etuaptmumk, or Two-Eyed Seeing framework. Etuaptmumk is a term proposed by Mi’kmaq Elder Albert Marshall that describes taking the strengths of both indigenous and mainstream worldviews to maximize benefits and outcomes for people and the environment. In a healthcare perspective, Cyr and Riediger (2021) describe Etuaptmumk as an epistemic concept that has “the power to elevate health initiatives and overall well-being for indigenous peoples and communities”.

Drawing on this framework, Anangkwe, Charity Fleming, has developed an indigenous adapted 12 session CBT model. Integrated into the model are key indigenous adapted CBT interventions including Indigenous Adapted Mindfulness Practice and Indigenous Adapted Imagery Techniques. Join us in this webinar to learn through experience, best practice, and strengthen your toolkit; emerging stronger in your journey of providing culturally responsive care to FNMI peoples.