Culture Heals™

Self-Guided Roadmap to Healing and Wellness Grounded in Culture

Help for Common Life Challenges

Culture Heals is a place where you can get immediate help for common life challenges. The program was developed by Tlingit & Haida to ensure that all tribal citizens, no matter where they live, have access to a foundational set of healing tools. Because the program is online, you can access it anytime from the comfort of your own home with a computer or mobile-friendly device. Sign-up now to get help with any of the following:

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Today is Temporary, Tomorrow is Forever

Everyone struggles in life. When you don’t know who you are and feel disconnected from your culture, there is shame and suffering. If you struggle with depression, anxiety, or addiction, know you are not alone.

Alone we suffer, but together we hold each other up. You can heal once you know the power that is inside you. Hear more in this video from Tlingit & Haida President, Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson.

HOW IT WORKS

Assess, Learn, and Address

Culture Heals offers you a fast and effective way to assess your symptoms and better understand the degree to which they are impacting your life. You’re then guided to learn more about your specific life challenges through educational videos and tools, before engaging in interventions to address them.

Throughout the process you’ll hear from tribal elders, peers, and other experts on topics including historical trauma, how culture heals, and what you can do to become the best possible version of yourself.

Never Alone on Your Healing Journey

Overcoming life challenges requires patience, learning to listen and speak with care, being strong and having courage, and learning to laugh along the way. Your journey is yours to take, but it should never be done alone. It’s why Culture Heals comes with 24/7 phone support from trained Healers.

The program also invites you to connect with one of our Healers in person (or online) from the Community & Behavioral Services Healing Center, who have lived experience addressing suffering and want to support you on your journey.

WHY IT WORKS

Grounded in Tlingit & Haida Values

Culture Heals™ was developed in collaboration with tribal elders, clinical Healing experts, and community members with lived experience. It works because it provides you with tools and resources to heal life challenges in alignment with tribal values and culture.

It also works by integrating evidence-based wisdom from Eastern and Western clinical practices, offering you the best tools from different healing traditions.

Acknowledges & Heals Soul Wounds

Critical to healing life challenges is uncovering the degree to which they are rooted in historical or intergenerational trauma. Such traumas are the unhealed cumulative pain, inherited from the dehumanizing colonization suffered by our ancestors. Culture Heals works because it helps you understand and address this pain.

Holistic Care When You Need It Most

Sign-up today to discover how you can transform your life challenges with the help of a self-guided digital program developed in collaboration with Tlingit & Haida people, for our people.

Indigenous Wisdom
Help that honors the wisdom of our values and culture.

Confidential
Your use of the program is private and secure.

Easy to Use
All you need is a smartphone, tablet, or computer with an internet connection.

Integrating Traditions
Honoring Indigenous, Eastern, and Western healing traditions.

You Drive the Program
No right or wrong way to use the program, it’s your journey!

Healing Support 24/7
Access to trained Healers by phone or in-person whenever needed.

When we heal ourselves, we heal our ancestors and future generations.

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Answers to Your Questions

Why is Culture Heals free to use?
We believe education is the key in helping individuals to help themselves to begin their path to healing. Culture Heals offers culturally-responsive resources for those who choose to take a deeper dive into learning. As such, it is funded by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
How do I get started?
The sign-up process is 100% confidential and takes less than a minute. Once enrolled, short videos on the home dashboard provide an overview of each module in Culture Heals. We encourage you to start by taking a brief assessment to provide guidance on how this program can best help you.
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Is Culture Heals a replacement for professional treatment?
Culture Heals is not a replacement professional or expert treatment. It’s a self-guided program designed to help you better understand and address issues related to life challenges, such as trauma, anxiety, relationships, and addiction.
It honors indigenous, eastern, and western healing traditions. Because over 90% of people who could benefit from treatment don’t receive it, this program fills a much-needed gap and provides access to trained Healers by phone or in-person whenever needed.
What’s included in the program?
Culture Heals is a place where you can get immediate help for common life challenges. It includes a confidential online assessment to better understand the degree to which issues may be impacting your life. After the assessment you'll be guided to learn more about your specific life challenges through videos and resources that honor Indigenous, Eastern, and Western healing traditions.
The program comes with free 24/7 phone support. Call takers have been trained on Culture Heals and are available to get you started or navigate your way through the program. You also have access to trained Healers at the CBS Healing Center. At every step of the way, you can connect with someone for help or encouragement.
Is Culture Heals confidential?
Yes, we take your privacy seriously. Our website is secure and we do not share or release any of the information you provide when signing up for Culture Heals. Also, if you take any of our online assessments, results are not saved in our system/website.

Culture Heals™ is a free program funded by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

Culture Heals™ is not a substitute for professional medical or health care advice which should be obtained directly from your healthcare provider.

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