Decolonizing the Way We Heal

In episode five, Maytal sits down to chat with Dr. Renee Linklater. Renee, a member of the Rainy River First Nations in Northwestern Ontario, is the director of Shkaabe Makwa which provides mental health services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. She’s also the author of the amazing book, Decolonizing Trauma Work. In today’s conversation, Renee offers insight into what it looks like to apply indigenous healing practices within the context of mental health. She discusses the rich history of indigenous healing, as well as the collective loss we have faced given the erasure of these practices from Western psychology.