Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres

Telehealth PresentationApril 17 2019

Phone: (780) 458-1884 Fax: (780) 459-1876Presenter:evan-anderson@poundmaker.orgIntake:admissions@poundmaker.org25108 Poundmaker Rd Sturgeon County, Alberta, T8T 2A2

Promotional Video

History Of Poundmaker’s Lodge

• Concerned group of Indigenous people lobbied the government in the 1970’s

• Opening of the treatment program began in a small house with 14 beds and 7 staff

• Treatment program operated in the IRS until 1984

• Modern treatment center was designed by elders out of respect to ceremony and tradition

• Facility now has 62 beds and a diverse staff

Top: Modern Poundmaker's LodgeBottom Left: First Poundmaker's LodgeBottom Right: Edmonton Residential School

Vision

Healthy

communities

are free from

addictions and support

balanced lifestyles.

Mission

May the Creator

guide and

strengthen each of us

in our commitment to develop and deliver

a high quality,

wholistic treatment experience that is

based on FNMI concepts and

spirituality which

will empower

all people

to recover from

their addictions.

Spiritual Foundation: elders are the essential teachers to share knowledge and wisdom

Connection to Culture:

Pipe Ceremony, Smudging Ceremony,

Healing Circles, Sweat Lodge, Night Lodge, Shaking Tent Ceremony, Use of

Four Sacred Medicines,

Traditional Pow Wow, Round Dances

Healing the Spirit

Do not ask why the addictionask where is the pain?

Connecting spirit to spirit“Longest Road is the journey from the head to the heart…”

Honor the healing journey and walk with the client.RespectBe comfortable with silencesNever demand or ask to look in the eyeBe supportiveBe empatheticRefrain from: “I understand”Never assume (i.e. connected to culture)

“Longest Road is the journey from the head to the heart…”

Wholistic Treatment Addictions Program • Each client receives 40 hours a week of individual

and group therapy, teachings, and experiential learning

• Treatment Specialties: Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Trauma Informed, 12 Steps of AA/NA

• Treatment has complete traditional Indigenous Spirituality which positively increases emotional, mental and spiritual health

• CULTURE IS CURE!

Wise Practices

Incorporation of traditional healing and other theoretical approaches

Integration of core traditional spiritual strategies and mainstream approaches

Culturally safe

Medicine Wheel Teachings

Grandmother/Grandfather Teachings

Reflection and prayer

“It is Spirit who effects change, and the helper’s job is to know and understand practices that can be used within

relationships, where healing occurs” (Nabigon, N. C., & Wenger-Nabigon, A., 2012. p. )

ValuesTraditional Indigenous

Values

· Cooperation

· Group Emphasis

· Modesty/Honesty

· Autonomy

· Belief in the unseen

· Illness = Imbalance(s)

· Respect for Tradition

· Circular

Euro-American Contemporary Values

· Competition

· Individual Emphasis

· Self-Importance

· Interference/Involvement

· Belief in the seen/proven

· Illness = Physical issue

· Progress Oriented

· Linear

Little Bear, L .

12 Step Philosophy

• Clients are expected to complete up to step 3 of NA/AA in the course of their treatment

• Step 1 “we admitted we were powerless over our addition, that our lives had become unmanageable”

• Step 2 “We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity”

• Step 3 “We made a decision to turn our will and our lives to the care of God as we understood him”

How the medicine wheel is used in treatment

Mental: Clients learn about the root causes of their addiction and the behavior that leads them down the path to addictive behaviorEmotional: Establish awareness of destructive behaviors and to develop new skills. Begin a process of healing from the past and a journey into recovery. Physical: Ensuring all physical needs are met by participation in recreational and social activities, access to an exercise room, gymnasium, three meals daily, onsite physicians and nursesSpiritual: Deep rooted respect for Indigenous traditions and values. Connect with culture and spirituality through sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, night lodge, shaking tent ceremonies, smudge ceremonies.

YAT

90 day

Program

42 Day Program

Iskwew Healing Lodge

• Addictions aftercare facility for women between the ages of 18 and 65.

• Allows residents to build stability in their addiction recovery through the guidance of our Elders, Cultural Advisor and trained staff

• Providing essential support, tools, education, awareness in a safe environment needed for sustainable sobriety

• Woman will have increased resiliency and develop strengths to deal with challenges in the future.

Transtheoretical Model of Change

• Precontemplation: people are not intending to take action in the foreseeable future and can be unaware that their behavior is problematic or produces negative consequences.

• Contemplation: people are beginning to recognize that their behavior is problematic and start to look at the pros and cons of their continued actions

• Preparation: people are intending to take action in the immediate future and may take small steps toward behavior change

• Action: people have made specific modifications of their problem behavior to acquire healthy behaviors

• Maintenance: people have been able to sustain action for at least six months and are working to maintain the behavior change going forward

• Termination: individuals have no desire to return to their unhealthy behaviors and are sure they will not relapse.

Rossi, J. S. (n.d.).

Since the beginning of time we were always close to our Creator. When He created the world we didn’t want to leave His side. Creator told us: ‘My children my gift to you is to always look back at where you have come from. You came from Creator.’ That is why we are a prayerful people. We are still looking back at where we came from. This in itself gives us strength and resiliency because at the end of the day when we have lost our home, money, relationships, pride, etc., we still have prayer and Creator (Cardinal, B. 2017).

Four Directions of Healing

•Individual•Family

•Community•Nation

•When the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of an individual are out of balance, the rest of the family and community are also out of balance.•Indigenous people have teachings that strive to re-balance the aspects of an individual, family, community and nation.•Such teachings are linked to a cultural foundation, cultural ways, beliefs, values, and ceremonies.•There is a link between healing of each person and the ability of their family and community to move forward in healing.

(Mussel & Martin, 2006)

Indigenous Social Work

• Questions? Comments?

• Hiy Hiy

About. Retrieved from http://poundmakerslodge.ca/about/

Cardinal, B. 2017. Personal communication.

LeBaron, M. 2003. Culture and conflict. http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/culture-conflict

Little Bear, L . Jagged worldviews colliding. In: Battiste, M , editors. Reclaiming Indigenous voice and vision. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press; 2000. pp. 77–85.

Morin, B. (2018, March 19). First Nations offenders find healing, hope through reconnecting to culture. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nations-offenders-find-healing-hope-through-reconnecting-to-culture-1.4560521

Nabigon, N. C., & Wenger-Nabigon, A. (2012). “Wise practices”: Integrating traditional teachings with mainstream treatment approaches. Native Social Work Journal, 8, 43-55. Retrieved from https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/OSUL/TC-OSUL-1981.pdf

Rossi, J. S. (n.d.). Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. doi:10.4135/9781412952576.n211

Servis, M. 2017. Learn resilience to cope with life’s obstacles. http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medicalcenter/healthtips/2010-

2011/11/20101104_resilience.html

Thira, D. (n.d.) Healing the wound.

Photos

Marchuk, D.Lloyd, G.

References