The Family Mediation Counsellor walks alongside Indigenous youth aged 12–18 and their families, providing trauma-informed, culturally grounded, and strengths-based support. The Mediation Program empowers youth and their kin to strengthen relationships, navigate challenges, and build on their gifts through holistic and relational approaches to wellness.
What Does This Program Offer?
Guided by Indigenous values of respect, responsibility, and interconnectedness, the Family Mediation Counsellor facilitates healing conversations and helps families:
- Identify the emotional and cultural impacts of their experiences
- Recognize individual and collective strengths
- Set meaningful goals rooted in their own definitions of wellness
- Engage in transformative, inclusive dialogue across generations
Utilizing a range of therapeutic and culturally responsive practices, the Counsellor ensures all support is led by the voices and choices of youth and their families. The family Counsellor can meet with youth 1:1 or together with family relations, at the youth’s preference & pace.
For more information or referrals
Referrals can be made through MDFD directly or our website & Drop-In on Jane app https://unya.janeapp.com/#/list
OR directly through the Family Mediation Counsellor:
Family Mediation Counsellor Email: [email protected]
