Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO

Address the mental health gap & current issues impacting Indigenous communities resulting from colonization, assimilation & experiences of historical trauma.

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

@namholtz @BDPerry @NeuroSequential Mahalo nui loa for these words and to @BDPerry for this wonderful opportunity to share about racial and transgenerational trauma and healing. To learn more about me and my teams decolonizing mental health work check out our website at https://t.co/JZdydopfrB

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Moreover, they will learn about how social justice is a pathway towards community healing and Decolinzing mental health practices that only further perpetuate inadequate care for our American Indian and underserved communities.
#SocialJusticeforMentalHealth

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Last night we onboarded our first cohort of Master's level Clinical Mental Health Counseling interns!! They will learn about and how to facilitate our Community Activated Medicine (CAM) events, and workshops, and staff our CAMPsite (mobile mental health pop up outreach program).

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

They will learn to work together and with the people to help address the needs around healing historical trauma, racial trauma, systemic adversity, and toxic stress experiencesed from relentless oppressive environments.

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

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[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

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[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Although, grief doesn't necessarily go away, when met with heart, compassion, and opportunities to feel the grief to release our pain within the company of others, we can begin to heal. #TogetherWeHeal

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

It was a pleasure to be the guest responder to the play, "Every Brilliant Thing". A play about how survivors of suicide, especially the children of parents who have, die by suicide, heal.

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

So many losses in this world, it's part of our human experience, and it can be unbearable to carry the burden of grief.

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Today we showed a private screening of the film, Liyana!!! We are creating together a community mental health guide for this film. This was a captivating, inspiring, film and spoke to the spirit of healing together. #TogetherWeHeal

[Decolonize Social Work Podcast @DecolonizeSW]

Remember how in our last episode we talked about "child welfare" as a way to justify family separation at the US/Mexico border? This isn't child welfare. It's white supremacy and it's a colonizer strategy.

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[NVRnorthampton 💙 @NVRnorthampton]

“There are no bad children. There are bad choices. There are bad moments. There are bad days. There are bad situations. There are no bad children. Period.” @LRKnost
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#ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #DevelopmentalTrauma #ACEs #NVR #ConnectedChildRaising

[Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D. @BDPerry]

You guys create such beautiful imagery to teach these concepts. Nice work. TY @BeaconHouseTeam @NeuroSequential

[Center on Trauma and Adversity @CenterOnTrauma]

Emotions aren’t “good” or “bad”

They are signals to us. It is our body bring attention to something is off balance.

Ask yourself “what is this feeling trying to tell me?”

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Our youth mentors presented with me at the Towards One Wisconsin Inclusivity conference! We talked about healing our generations, youth suicide and sexual assult. These are hard conversations & they had a lot to say about it! #LearnWithThem #YouthEmpowerment

[Jane Mulcahy PhD (she/her) @janehmul]

I recommend this interview w @BDPerry where he discusses the benefits and limitations of the #ACEs evidence. He also talks abt how some people believe all stress is bad/harmful, including going school & exams (around 9 mins 45 secs), which is misguided. https://t.co/td9VYxHi92

[Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, CEO @HIRwellness]

Check out our first quarter HIR Wellness Center's newsletter! #TogetherWeHeal
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