Trainings for Counselors & Agencies

The Four Circles of Healing Process
You will learn how to use our very successful Four Circles of Healing Process so that you can affect whole-person healing with the recovering Native client. This training (and the included therapist and client workbooks) will instantly simplify and individualize your treatment planning process.
We unconditionally guarantee that using this process will increase client treatment compliance and retention as soon as you begin using it.

All of Your Clients Are Multicultural
We will emphasize the multiple cultures and subcultures of clients and how these effects your assessments, treatment planning, and service delivery. By seeing that all of your clients are multicultural, you will deliver more effective services, retain clients, and reap higher profits.

Assessing & Practicing Cultural Competence
For counselors/supervisors, and
For organizations/agencies.
Complete an assessment of your cultural competence so that you can more effectively serve the minority client.

Unconventional Therapeutic Settings
You will experience how the use of unconventional therapeutic settings can expand your practice and clientele.

Recovery as a Rite of Passage
Recovery is a rite of passage process. Learn how you can support and recognize clients as they go through treatment and recovery.

Do’s & Don’ts for Working With Native populations
Learn how to work more effectively with Native clients and their families so that you can increase the effectiveness of your treatment.

Special Needs of the Urban/Rural (non-rez) Native population
We will identify and provide resources that meet the special needs of your urban and rural Native clients so that you can increase your treatment effectiveness, follow-through, and client retention.

Complimentary Roles of Professional & Paraprofessional Helpers
It can be difficult to understand and manage the complimentary roles of professional and Native Traditional helpers. We will teach a model that makes it possible to integrate these so that you can more effectively serve your clients and increase referral follow-through. This successful model is currently being used by the VA, many urban mental health & treatment agencies, corrections, and health clinics.

Using the Community Readiness Model
Learn how to use and apply the Community Readiness Model to complete an assessment of your service area so that you can target your market, interventions for clients, and increase profits.

Organizational Visioning Process
We will do organizational visioning so that you can reach your goals as a team.

Telling their Stories – Healing their Past
Learn how to help clients tell their stories so that you can help them heal their past and uncover their hidden strengths.

Creating Warriors in Recovery
Learn how to create and inspire the recovery-warrior in your Native clients (men and women).

Creating a Vision of Recovery & Wellness
Discover how to create a vision of recovery & wellness so that you can achieve deeper levels of recovery for yourself and your clients.

Who Are Your Customers? – What is Your Purpose?

The Elder I’m Becoming

SIWASH frequently adapts these or creates custom programs to meet the needs of a particular group, email us with your needs.