It is for this reason that New Directions for Women has implemented Wellbriety into our healing curriculum. One of our foundational values is the many therapeutic benefit of Diversity. Knowing that women with addiction come from many backgrounds, we choose to provide therapeutic services that are inclusive to women from various cultures, and that expose our women and children to new ways of thinking and experiencing, with openness of heart and mind, the beauty of the world around them. Our staff members Paulette Cullen and Victoria Herbert are currently in the process of getting trained in Wellbriety and we are looking to the future to becoming a certified Wellbriety site.
It is beyond words to express the difficulties faced by Native American women, from intergenerational trauma, which in turn may manifest itself into a dependency or addiction. It is for these reasons that, for the past four years, we have proudly been providing a Wellbriety group on campus facilitated by Sparrow Goudey. Our hope and goal is that these services help women and their families recover from unresolved grief and losses created by the legacy of Historical and Intergenerational Trauma.