The Numinus Care Model

Our holistic psychotherapy model sees people as inherently whole and capable of healing given optimal conditions and seeks to empower them with the knowledge and the tools they need to achieve the results that they desire.

Within the Integrative and Transformative Mental Wellness model which is further described below, there are seven essential Guiding Principles that are at the heart of how Numinus approaches client care and practitioner training.

Integrative and Transformative Mental Wellness

Integrative and Transformative Mental Wellness acknowledges that mental health symptoms are expressions of core imbalances in mind-body health that develop over time. These imbalances are especially influenced by extreme or prolonged stress responses that may begin during vulnerable periods of early childhood development, adult life, or both.
Justice, Equity, Dignity, and Inclusion

We uphold centering dignity in a human-rights and anti-racism approach as the foundation for workplace belonging, and prioritizing social justice, equity, and inclusion as guiding principles to support employee and client wellness in an environment free of judgement, intolerance, marginalization, racism, and discrimination.
Cultural Safety and Humility

As a person providing mental health services in the health care system, all therapists have a responsibility for ensuring health equity and eliminating racism by addressing your own knowledge gaps in the past, present, and ongoing history of colonialism and the inequities experienced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour.
Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care

Trauma and violence-informed therapists understand the physiological, psychological, and behavioural impacts of trauma as well as different types or categories of trauma, including but not limited to intergenerational trauma, relational-developmental trauma, incident trauma, complex trauma, race-based traumatic stress, structural oppression and systems trauma, vicarious trauma, and medical trauma (Agarwal et al., 2020).
Connection

The guiding principle of connection encompasses Relationship-Centered Care and creating opportunities for people to connect with one another in meaningful ways throughout their participant journey (and beyond).
Mindfulness: Nurturing Awareness

Mindfulness as a guiding principle to the Numinus model of care speaks to both its importance as a skill and perceptual orientation for therapists but also its therapeutic potential as a learned skill and perceptual orientation for the client.
Embodiment: Coming Home to Ourselves

Embodied awareness provides access to one’s present truth and past as it shows up through embodied implicit memory.

Harm Reduction

Utilizing a harm reduction approach means encouraging, supporting, and acknowledging any steps that are moving an individual away from harm in a non-judgemental, acceptance-oriented, and compassionate curiosity manner.

Optional Video: Seven Essential Guiding Principles

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In this optional video, Dr. Devon Christie, Cody Callon, and Benny Bloomfield discuss the Numinus care model and how it applies to the different roles they do at Numinus.